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Rola cierpienia w życiu człowieka w świetle listów Zygmunta Krasińskiego

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Galek C.

Studia Pastoralne

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2013

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vol. 9

202-215

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Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859) was one of the greatest Polish Romantic poets. The objective of this article is to present his views on suffering in light of his letters written to various addressees. The article describes the problems of the causes and effects of suffering and the sense of suffering, as well as the causes and effects of man’s happiness. Krasiński saw the ultimate cause of suffering in the original sin, which had introduced disintegration in the whole created world, also in man. He viewed suffering in light of the mystery of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, seeing it as a means of man’s spiritual development and his eternal salvation. Even though man cannot become fully happy on earth, he should aim at making others happy. The fullness of happiness can only be reached in life after death, when man will become united with God.

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Job 42:6 and Telling the Truth

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Drozdek A.

Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne

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2009

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issue 23

55-58

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The interesting problem of the Book of Job is the „sin” of Job’s friends. What wrong did they say that Job was to pray that God would forgive them? Why their sober words were considered by God as sinful while Job’s speeches, full of anger, were judged as proper? The answer lies in the context - not in the text only.

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Paradoksy królestwa Bożego (Mdr 3,1-9 i 5,15-16)

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Poniży B.

Poznańskie Studia Teologiczne

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2009

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issue 23

59-76

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The Book of Wisdom, which was written on the eve of the New Testament, enriches significantly the Old Testament teaching about God’s payment. In the very heart of the eschatological part (chapters 3-4) it presents three situations, which at first glance seem to question God’s justice (the suffering of the just one, lack of offspring, premature death). The analized text (1-9,5, 15-16) is the most important expression of the awareness of afterlife gained by the Israel in the late period of the Old Testament and the most powerful evidence of that belief.

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Ludzkie cierpienie w świetle wypowiedzi starotestamentalnych hagiografów

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Szwarc U.

The Biblical Annals

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1994

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vol. 41

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issue 1

31-43

PL

In the introduction the author states that man’s suffering began when be was first disobedient to God. In the first part she speaks about man’s physical and spiritual suffering, about sufferings connected with natural calamities, wars, and other misfortunes. In part two she draws the reader’s attention to the problem of undeserved suffering, to its source (God’s mysterious will) and sense (a puryfying and rewarding character of it). In the third part she deals with man’s attitude towards suffering (trust in God, peace, patience, charity towards other people).

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Suffering in Christian experience

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Więckowski R.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2004

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vol. 2

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issue 1

755-759

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Docenianie wartości cierpienia w chrześcijaństwie

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Ozorowski M.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2004

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vol. 2

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issue 1

749-754

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Kwestia cierpienia w apokaliptyce żydowskiej Starego Testamentu

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Rubinkiewicz R.

The Biblical Annals

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1997

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vol. 44

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issue 1

79-88

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Der Verfasser behandelt das Problem des Leidens in der Apokryphenliteratur des AT. Er bemerkt, daß in der henochitischen Tradition, die in solchen apokryphen Büchern wie dem Buch Henoch, dem Jubiläenbuch und der Apokalypse Abrahams enthalten ist, die diesbezüglichen Ansichten der damaligen Autoren zwischen zwei Polen oszillieren. Einerseits ist das dem Menschen begegnende Böse eine Wirkung von Kräften, die stärker sind als der Mensch (Dämonen), andererseits wird darauf verwiesen, daß das Schicksal des Menschen vor allem von ihm selbst abhängt: von seiner Treue zum Gesetz und zu dem mit Gott geschlossenen Bund.

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Narodziny w śmierci św. Matki Marii (Skobcowej) jako paradoksalna koncepcja duchowej i cielesnej transformacji człowieka

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Ojcewicz G.

Acta Polono-Ruthenica

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2019

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vol. Tom 2 Nr XXIV

25-41

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In the article the author presents the concept created by Saint Mother Maria (Skobtsova) con-cerning the birth/death and death/birth as two concurrent spiritual and physical states associated with the existence of man. Coming into the world means the end of life in the womb and death for our earthly existence means the moment of birth in eternity.

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« Écrire l’absence » selon Assia Djebar : Le Blanc de l’Algérie

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Gubińska M.

Quêtes littéraires

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2012

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issue 2

144-151

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The well-known French-language writer, Assia Djebar, teaches the reader to listen intently to cultural differences, inspires tolerance towards other people and touches upon the problem of the emancipation of women in the Arab-Muslim civilization. In her work entitled Le Blanc de l’Algérie Djebar recalls deceased Algerian intellectuals, such as Albert Camus, Frantz Fanon or Kateb Yacine, as well as cruelly murdered writers and less known persons, who proved to be important for the author herself (namely her friends) and for the history of Algeria. The author bemoans those absent figures, remembering their last minutes of life, their families’ despair, and the atrocity of death. The article is an attempt at a reflection on the problem of absence that is in dichotomy with presence. The absence of great Algerians is unbearable; it is not silence but a cry for the memory of the tragic moments in the history of the country. Those moments, when remembered, shall help understand better the painful contemporary times. Djebar in a subtle way removes a white shroud (white is the colour of mourning in the tradition of North-African countries), thus showing the reader the moving and colourful Algerian fresco.

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Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Pro-animal Education

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Grabowska B.

Kultura i Edukacja

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2016

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issue 2(112)

66-78

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Amidst the many topics important for the shaping of character of adolescents in Original Stories, Mary Wollstonecraft places such important issues as our attitude towards animals. She wants to convince the readers that not only should we not hurt animals but also offer them our aid. The education that sensitises us to the fate of animals is an important element of moral education. Being kind for the beings of other species is what makes us better, more compassionate. And reversely being cruel towards animals turns us into brutes capable of hurting also people. Tormenting animals is moreover inconsistent with God’s will and leads to the infliction of completely unnecessary and senseless suffering. Which is why it deserves severe condemnation.

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The Threshold of Victory: Theodicy and Relief in the Theology of John Paul II

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Griffin D.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2018

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vol. 8

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issue 2

PL

The Twentieth Century provided the religious and irreligious alike with tremendous challenges in regards to belief. Evil and carnage were pervasive and the Church was in decline. In that cultural moment rose an interpreter of that challenge who theodicy was clear and efficient in answering the complex challenge of evil in the modern world. John Paul II, more than almost any other figure of the age, addressed the vexing issue of evil in the modern world. In the corpus of his writing mankind comes to know evil through an act of memory, remembering from where evil sprang, and what evil has done in man to separate him from his creator. And mankind comes to terms with identity of evil as seen and experienced through the act of suffering. Through processing memory, and examining identity, mankind can discover how Jesus Christ’s work on Calvary places us at the threshold of victory.

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Simone Weil and Gerard Manley Hopkins on God, Affliction, Necessity and Sacrifice

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McDade J.

Forum Philosophicum

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2008

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vol. 13

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issue 1

1-16

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Simone Weil's ideas on affliction and sacrifice have been interpreted by some as though they are the product of psychological problems. I will approach her writings on necessity and affliction through G. M. Hopkins' little prose masterpiece. Later I will suggest that she may be profitably related to some French spiritual writers in the 17th Century, who develop a link between the necessity of offering sacrifice to God and the radical contingency of created existence.

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Quod gaudium est rivos sanguinis cernere? The suffering of animals in the christian critique of the traditional graeco-roman sacrifice

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Burliga B.

Studia Elbląskie

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2015

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vol. 16

337-354

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The Latin quotation in the title of the article ('What joy is there in observing the rivers of blood?') comes from the apologetic work of Arnobius "Against the Heathen" (Adversus nationes). The seventh book of this work contains perhaps the most explicit Christian critique of the Greeks and Romans who sacrificed animals. One of the arguments used by the learned speaker is the suffering of these animals, which were killed unnecessarily because the gods do not require sacrifices from men. Emphasising the fact that suffering is given to the victims and that there is no point in killing of the animals, Arnobius introduces the shocking details of what this sacrificial ritual (killing) was in practice. In this article, I try to draw attention to the fact that in presenting this information, the Christian advocate referred to earlier statements of classical authors such as Pythagoras and Plutarch, who also criticised the common ritual. Although one occasionally hears opinions today that the early Christian thinkers were indifferent to the fate of sacrificial animals, the writer of Sicca Venera affirms that it would be very difficult to apply generalisations, just as it would be very difficult to apply generalisations to the fate of sacrificial animals.just as it is justified to speak of sensitivity and empathy in this case.

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Relacje między Bogiem a człowiekiem w poezji księdza Jana Twardowskiego

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Wasielewska M.

Dydaktyka Polonistyczna

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2020

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issue 6 (15)

47-56

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The article concerns the poetry of priest Jan Twardowski. This Catholic priest in his literary works focused on the problem of the relationship between God and man. The poet takes up difficult topics. He does not shy away from showing the issues of suffering, pain and the negative emotions associated with these feelings. Contrary to many religious artists, Twardowski does not show strong tensions in the relationship between God and man. It shows that you can also go through dramatic experiences without losing faith and trust in the Creator. His consistent work not only stands out from the background of Polish religious poetry, but also brings hope and optimism to the readers.

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Integralne rozumienie osoby ludzkiej jako podstawa opieki paliatywnej

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Huzarek T.

Studia Pelplińskie

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2013

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vol. 46

83-100

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The human being is a person from the moment of conception to the natural death and because of that he or she acquires the right to the affirmation of the human dignity at every stage of his or her life. Taking care of the terminally ill people who are in the last stage of their lives has been practised for centuries. This is due to the love of another human being and the desire to provide a widely understood support in the last moments of their life. However, the contact with a person who is about to end his or her life is undoubtedly a very difficult experience which requires extraordinary sensitivity, empathy and, above all, an integral understanding of what the human being is. Any kind of a simplified and reduced approach towards a person hinders or completely prevents the whole affirmation of the human dignity and, as a result, renders a proper care for a person who is totally dependent on other people much more difficult. The integral understanding of the human nature guarantees accurate approach to him or her at every stage of their life, especially during the terminal illness and it should perceive the human being as an entity of the body and the soul as well as an individual in a relationship with other people or the society. However, it seems that it is important, especially in palliative care, to affirm a person in his or her complexity of the natural and the supernatural dimension (mutual complementation of nature and grace) as well as the earthly and the eternal life (from the eschatological point of view). In this way the palliative care is not limited just to the somatic or psychological dimensions but it also deals with other dimensions that are extremely important from the angle of the borderline experience of life and death.

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Die verlorene Kindheit im Werk Woher ich komme von Alexa Hennig von Lange

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Sobótka B.

Acta Philologica

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2015

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issue 47

129-134

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Alexa Hennig von Lange z wielką wirtuozerią nakreśla złożoność problemów trapiących młode pokolenie. Twórczość autorki, zwłaszcza utwór Woher ich komme, traktuje o lękach egzystencjalnych młodzieży. W tej powieści Hennig von Lange ukazuje doniosłą rolę dzieciństwa. Autorka przedstawia żal głównej bohaterki za utraconym dzieciństwem, nawiązując do twórczości Pablo Nerudy. Utwór nawiązuje explicite do egzystencjalizmu, gdyż ukazuje cierpienie i śmierć. Bohaterka będąc jeszcze dzieckiem była świadkiem śmierci brata i matki. Utwór ujawnia znaczenie przeszłości, zwłaszcza dzieciństwa, w dorosłym życiu. Pokazuje jak tragedia z dzieciństwa przyczynia się do anoreksji dziewczyny i ma ścisły związek z jej lękami egzystencjalnymi.

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Alexa Hennig von Lange masterly depicts the complexity of the problems that afflict the young generation. Her works, particularly Woher ich komme, deal with the existential fears of the youth. In this novel, Hennig von Lange depicts the profound significance of childhood. The text represents the grief of the protagonist after her lost childhood, refering to the works of Pablo Neruda. Woher ich komme explicitly refers to the existentialism as it portrays suffering and death. The main figure has seen the death of her brother and mother, drowning in the sea. The text highlights the significance of the past, particularly of childhood, as it shows how this tragedy could have caused anorexia and existential fears of the protagonist.

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Das Geheimnis de Leidens in der Interpretation von Pfarrer Franciszek Sawicki

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Babiński J.

Studia Pelplińskie

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2013

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vol. 46

9-18

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Rev. Franciszek Sawicki (1877-1952), undoubtedly the most prominent member among the Pelplin scholars, chose as a one of the topics of his writings the problem of the suffering, its meaning and importance for the human existence. Sawicki, as he strives to classify various instances of the evil and its manifestations, puts a question about what might be the meaning of the suffering in the context of the faith. The mundane experience of happiness binds us with this world. The suffering and death, on the other hand, directs the human being towards the supreme good and the true end of our lives which is God himself. As an outcome of the enquiry made by this sage of Pelplin we obtain a very interesting interpretation of the mystery of suffering which has an existentially optimistic dimension.

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Homo Consumens versus Homo Patiens (The Dilemmas of Postmodern Reality)

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Bajda T.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2020

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vol. 10

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issue 1

17-28

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The contemporary „homo consumens” does not want to accept that his ontic status is still best defined by the words „homo patiens”. Today’s attempts to eliminate suffering through constantly stimulated consumption may be considered as an act of the „degradation” of humans and humanity who by rejecting the truth about their nature as suffering creatures, paradoxically also lose the meaning of their life. If one denies suffering, then – at the same time – one closes oneself before life. For the escape from suffering is anything but the escape from life, at least the one that is experienced in a conscious and sensible way.

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Obserwowanie cierpienia? O traumatyczności doświadczeń dzieci i zwierząt związanych z polowaniami na podstawie wybranych utworów literackich

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Naplocha A.

Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies

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2018

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issue 4

245-258

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The paper deals with the problem of traumatic experiences of children and animals related to hunting from the point of view of animal studies. The subject of hunting covers usually only the ethical side of this hobby. In the defense of animals which are the object of hunting activities, the emphasis is mainly on human interference in the law of nature and its influence on reducing the local wildlife population. The article presents a topic related to the psychological aspect of hunting, which is often overlooked in the general social discourse. The subject of the survey was to present one of the aspects of the human psyche – traumatic experience as the influence of hunting on the participating children. Based on selected examples of literary works on hunting the impact of those traumatic experiences of children is outlined. The effects of traumatic experiences and the situations of transferring the trauma from one’s experience and considering it as its own are presented. In addition, the article presents the problems of traumatic experiences in animals and their suffering not only related to the somatic but also to the psychic side. Based on ethology, the hunting influence on mental suffering animals is shown with particular emphasis on those which live in the herd. The issues presented in the article are testimony to the similarity of humans and animals’ mental experiences in humans and animals.

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Il Logos della Croce

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Ferraro G.

Italica Wratislaviensia

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2014

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issue 5

269-283

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The existential story of Edith Stein is characterized by the pursuit of truth and by placing herself at its service. Starting from the philosophical discourse she reaches the word of the cross, the Logos of the analogy that relates separate determinations. Going through the various stations of her Way of the Cross in order to achieve her union with the Beloved, Edith Stein realizes the commandment of love: donate life to “save” forever every existence.

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