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Being, Aevum, And Nothingness: Edith Stein On Death And Dying, Antonio Calcagno
Being, Aevum, And Nothingness: Edith Stein On Death And Dying, Antonio Calcagno
Antonio Calcagno
This article seeks to present for the first time a more systematic account of Edith Stein’s views on death and dying. First, I will argue that death does not necessarily lead us to an understanding of our earthly existence as aevum, that is, an experience of time between eternity and finite temporality. We always bear the mark of our finitude, including our finite temporality, even when we exist within the eternal mind of God. To claim otherwise, is to make identical our eternity with God’s eternity, thereby undermining the traditional Scholastic argument, which Stein holds, that there is no real …