Analysis of the relationship the individual and the collectivity second Edith Stein

Abstract

The present research aims to work the theme of freedom in relation the individual and the collectivity second steiniano thought. It is part of a research of the individual in relation with himself, with the other for hence abstracting the essence of the peculiarity of external influences the conviviality of the individual in the collectivity. Thus, Stein phenomenologically analyzes all the dimensions of the human person and recognizes that it is necessary to investigate the subjective manifestations of spirituality and examine its consequences in collective life. Thus a phenomenological research about the relationship the individual and the collectivity is underlying the problem of how the individual can safeguard their individuality and freedom in collective coexistence. To answer this question the author presents the path of faith as opening so that the individual can act ethically, aware in collectivity in view of the common good. Human freedom as a gift of grace and as human condition that is revealed through the relation between the kingdom of nature and the Kingdom of grace.