PHENOMENOLOGY, HUMAN BEING, TRUTH AND SOCIETY IN THE PANORAMA OF EDITH STEIN

Abstract

Phenomenology for Edith Stein is closely linked to man and society. His inquisitive character, instigated by his master Edmund Husserl, brings to light the intricacies of society and that man is an automaton, even if rational, through the methods applied, to knowledge and truth. Phenomenology, Ontology and Metaphysics were essential for Stein to follow the paths of immutable truth, on which she applied Phenomenology as an investigative method in the conception of the essences of the Human Being, as a man inserted in a community, as a Finite Being and a Divine Being.

Keywords: Phenomenology, Human Being, truth, society.