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Heart Speaks unto Heart
On the Kinship of Spirit and Thought: John Henry Newman and Edith Stein
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 368
- Philosophy and Religion, Volume: 368
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Both Newman and Stein present a mature response to the challenges of their eras. In like manner they reflect splendid examples of genuine persons in the grip of disrupting cultural trends. They show the primacy of individual conscience and the importance of individual integrity even at the expense of social ostracism and extermination. Newman and Stein are outstanding witnesses of individual freedom vis-Ã -vis social and political systems. This book uniquely combines the biographies of these two figures in order to show that no matter what kind of circumstances we may live in, loyalty to oneâs own self is the most significant part of life.
"In a penetrating account of Newman and Edith Stein, Jan KÅos explores the spirituality of two saints, each of them 'speaking to our time'. By explorations of their life and work, the author provides a wealth of insights for the twenty-first century. At once sensitive and learned, Jan KÅos's Heart Speaks unto Heart is a volume to be treasured and read again." - Prof. Andrew Breeze, Universidad de Navarra, Spain
"In this profound and stimulating study, KÅos invites the reader to think, not so much about Newman and Stein as with them, and thus join them in their unique but mutually illuminating efforts to make sense of their faith, their times (still very much our times), themselves, and, ultimately, the mystery of the truth in whose grasp they both lived and died. In translating Newmanâs work, Stein discovered herself in communion with him. Heart Speaks unto Heart beautifully explores this communion, and in doing so shows us why it matters." - Prof. Paul Wojda, University of St. Thomas, U.S.A.
"In a penetrating account of Newman and Edith Stein, Jan KÅos explores the spirituality of two saints, each of them 'speaking to our time'. By explorations of their life and work, the author provides a wealth of insights for the twenty-first century. At once sensitive and learned, Jan KÅos's Heart Speaks unto Heart is a volume to be treasured and read again." - Prof. Andrew Breeze, Universidad de Navarra, Spain
"In this profound and stimulating study, KÅos invites the reader to think, not so much about Newman and Stein as with them, and thus join them in their unique but mutually illuminating efforts to make sense of their faith, their times (still very much our times), themselves, and, ultimately, the mystery of the truth in whose grasp they both lived and died. In translating Newmanâs work, Stein discovered herself in communion with him. Heart Speaks unto Heart beautifully explores this communion, and in doing so shows us why it matters." - Prof. Paul Wojda, University of St. Thomas, U.S.A.
Jan KÅos, Ph.D. (1958), John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, is Professor of Philosophy at that university. He has published monographs, translations, short stories, and many articles on philosophical issues, including Faith, Freedom & Modernity. Christianity and Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century (Grand Rapids, 2010) and Freedom as an Uncertain Cause in Graham Greeneâs Novels. A Philosophical and Literary Analysis (Lublin, 2012).
Preface
Acknowledgements
1âA Gloss to the Biographies
â1âThe Modern Point of Departure
â2âThe Cultural and Family Contextsâthe Ethos
â3âNewmanâthe Philosopher
â4âThe Decision
â5âEdith Stein and Her Story
â6âConversion and Its Personal Sense
â7âSecretum Meum Mihi
2âThe Grammar of Knowledge in the Concrete
â1âNotional versus Real Assent
â2âNotional Assent
â3âReal Assent
â4âImagination and Images versus the Response of the Person
â5âRealization
â6âTheoretical Knowledge and Action
â7âExamples as the Sources of Proper Conduct
â8âThe Power of the Particular
â9âAssent versus Inference
â10âSimple Assents versus Complex Assents
â11âThe Lazarus Case
â12âCertitudeâthe Goal of Personal Effort
â13âThe Power of Simple Assent as Confronted with Certitude
â14âThe Conditions of CertitudeâIndefectibility versus Infallibility
â15âReligion as a System
â16âProbabilityâthe Guide of Life
â17âFormal Inference
â18âUnits before Universals
â19âInformal Inference
â20âPersonal Knowledge versus Inference
â21âFaith versus Intuition
â22âThe Illative SenseâPractical Wisdom
â23âThe Sanction, Nature, and Range of the Illative Sense, or the Power of Integration
â24âIntuition versus Reasoning
â25âFaith and Reason
â26âThe Explicit versus the Implicit and Being Possessed
â27âFaith Above, Not against, Reason
â28âThe Infinite Abyss of Existence
â29âThe Real versus Unreal Words
â30âReal Adherence (Not Notional), Personal Adherence to the Word of God
â31âThe Voice of Conscience
â32âHabitâthe Way of Action
3âThe Cross as a Source of Knowledge and the Language of the Heart
â1âGoing InsideâMeeting God
â2âNewman and SteinâMystics
â3âSelfhoodâthe Essence of Originality
â4âThe Thoughts of the Heart
â5âInterior Perception
â6âThe Implicit and the Logic of the Heart
â7âTrue Personality Comes from the Depths
â8âPrimeval Life Accessible Yet Not Comprehensible
4âThe Interiorâthe Source of the Truth and Individuality of the Person
â1âIndividuality versus the Transcendental Area
â2âCommunicability versus Non-communicability
â3âThe Human Being
â4âThe Life-Emanating I
â5âThe Personal Imprint of the I
â6âThe Source of the Personâs Dignity
â7âOthersâEmpathy
â8âThe Person and Soul Life
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Acknowledgements
1âA Gloss to the Biographies
â1âThe Modern Point of Departure
â2âThe Cultural and Family Contextsâthe Ethos
â3âNewmanâthe Philosopher
â4âThe Decision
â5âEdith Stein and Her Story
â6âConversion and Its Personal Sense
â7âSecretum Meum Mihi
2âThe Grammar of Knowledge in the Concrete
â1âNotional versus Real Assent
â2âNotional Assent
â3âReal Assent
â4âImagination and Images versus the Response of the Person
â5âRealization
â6âTheoretical Knowledge and Action
â7âExamples as the Sources of Proper Conduct
â8âThe Power of the Particular
â9âAssent versus Inference
â10âSimple Assents versus Complex Assents
â11âThe Lazarus Case
â12âCertitudeâthe Goal of Personal Effort
â13âThe Power of Simple Assent as Confronted with Certitude
â14âThe Conditions of CertitudeâIndefectibility versus Infallibility
â15âReligion as a System
â16âProbabilityâthe Guide of Life
â17âFormal Inference
â18âUnits before Universals
â19âInformal Inference
â20âPersonal Knowledge versus Inference
â21âFaith versus Intuition
â22âThe Illative SenseâPractical Wisdom
â23âThe Sanction, Nature, and Range of the Illative Sense, or the Power of Integration
â24âIntuition versus Reasoning
â25âFaith and Reason
â26âThe Explicit versus the Implicit and Being Possessed
â27âFaith Above, Not against, Reason
â28âThe Infinite Abyss of Existence
â29âThe Real versus Unreal Words
â30âReal Adherence (Not Notional), Personal Adherence to the Word of God
â31âThe Voice of Conscience
â32âHabitâthe Way of Action
3âThe Cross as a Source of Knowledge and the Language of the Heart
â1âGoing InsideâMeeting God
â2âNewman and SteinâMystics
â3âSelfhoodâthe Essence of Originality
â4âThe Thoughts of the Heart
â5âInterior Perception
â6âThe Implicit and the Logic of the Heart
â7âTrue Personality Comes from the Depths
â8âPrimeval Life Accessible Yet Not Comprehensible
4âThe Interiorâthe Source of the Truth and Individuality of the Person
â1âIndividuality versus the Transcendental Area
â2âCommunicability versus Non-communicability
â3âThe Human Being
â4âThe Life-Emanating I
â5âThe Personal Imprint of the I
â6âThe Source of the Personâs Dignity
â7âOthersâEmpathy
â8âThe Person and Soul Life
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Persons
This book is addressed to readers interested in philosophy, moral philosophy, phenomenology and religion. It focuses on the individual person in his or her search for genuine identity. Philosophers, theologians, and psychologists would certainly find here a rich source of inspiration, especially when it comes to the individual when confronted with the quest of finding their true self.