LIK TEREZIJE AVILSKE U SPISIMA EDITH STEIN
TERESA OF AVILA IN THE WRITINGS OF EDITH STEIN

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the depiction of Teresa of Avila in the writings of Edith Stein. The first part brings the process of Edith Stein’s conversion and the reason why precisely Teresa was crucial in her conversion. The second part analyzes Edith Stein’s texts that show the personality of St. Teresa of Avila, her teaching and educational skills, especially regarding the knowledge of the soul and spiritual life. Edith Stein includes her among classical writers, and more importantly, among the greatest philosophers. Since philosophy should strive to understand the last foundation of reality, the third part aims to show why only those who are exalted by God to a higher level of the spirit may be able to understand this all-inclusive reality.

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