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The Collected Works of EDITH STEIN ON THE PROBLEM OF EMPATHY

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2 Edith Stein<br />

respected Pr<strong>of</strong>'essor Husserl, had a look at the manuscript <strong>of</strong> Part<br />

II <strong>of</strong> his "Ideen," dealing in part with the same question' Thus,<br />

naturally, should I take up my theme again, I would not be able to<br />

refrain from using the new suggestions received. Of course, the<br />

statement <strong>of</strong> the problem and my method <strong>of</strong> work have grown<br />

entirely out <strong>of</strong> intellectual stimuli received from Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Husserl<br />

so that in any case what I may claim as my "spiritual property"<br />

in the following expositions is most questionable. Nevertheless,<br />

I can say that the results I now submit have been obtained by<br />

my own efforts. This I could no longer maintain if I nou' undertook<br />

changes.<br />

Chapter II<br />

<strong>The</strong> Essence <strong>of</strong> Acts <strong>of</strong><br />

Empathy<br />

l. <strong>The</strong> Method <strong>of</strong> the Investigation<br />

ll controversy over empathy is based on the implied as- < I ><br />

^ta. sumption that foreign subjects and their experience are<br />

given to ,rr. -fhit-rk..s deal with the circumstances <strong>of</strong>'the occuri",,..,<br />

the effects, and the legitimacy <strong>of</strong> this givenness' But the<br />

most immediate undertaking is t0 consider the phenomenon rlf<br />

gir.'enness in and by itself and t

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