The Collected Works of EDITH STEIN ON THE PROBLEM OF EMPATHY
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motivation. She describes motivation as the symbolic' experienced<br />
proceeding <strong>of</strong> one experience from another without a<br />
detour over the ohject sphere.rri She develops this conception clf'<br />
the spiritual person in terms <strong>of</strong> feelings which are the necessary<br />
basis fbr volition and ground valuing. <strong>The</strong> description <strong>of</strong> f'eelings<br />
reveals an "I" with various depths or levels. This is, <strong>of</strong> course, not<br />
the pure "I" <strong>of</strong>'Chapter II. With the additional consideration <strong>of</strong><br />
intensity and spread, a hierarchy <strong>of</strong> value feelings can be established<br />
and a doctrine <strong>of</strong> types <strong>of</strong> persons developed. On the basis<br />
<strong>of</strong> these complex relati