The Collected Works of EDITH STEIN ON THE PROBLEM OF EMPATHY

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ll2> 100 Edith Stein objecti{ication is necessarily lbrthcoming if we want to say something about the attributes. 'fhese objectitying acts are, again, giving acts (considering them as acts of perceiving or as merely indicating) and in them there arises the complete coincidence of the experienced and the perceived "I." In order to arrive at a cornplete picture, we would have to go through every kind of'experience. -fhis can take place only suggestively here. Sensations result in nothing fbr the experienced "1."'I'he pressrrre, rvarmth, ()r attraction tr> light that I sense are nothing in which I experience mvself, in no way issue from my "1." On the c()ntrary, if they are made into an object, they "announce" "sensitivity" to me as a persistent psychic attriblrte. -Ihe so-called "sensations of f'eeling" or "sensory I'eelings," such as pleasure ilr a tactile impression or sens()ry pain, already reach into the sphere of the "I." I experience pleasure and pain on the surf ace of my "1." At the sane time I also experience my "sensory receptiveness" as the topmost or outerm()st layer of my' "1." tuo There are, t.hen, feelings which are "self-experiencing" in a special sense: general feelings and moods. I distinguish general feelings fiom moods because general f'eelings "are bound to the living body," which should not be drawn in here. Ger-reral feelings and moods occupy a special place in the realm of'consciousness, for they are not giving acts but only visible as "colorings" of giving acts. 'fherefore, at the same time they are different because they have no definite locality in the "I," are neither experienced ()n the surface of the "1" uor in its depths and expose no levels of'the "l." Rather, they inundate and fill it entirelv.'fhey penetrate, or certainly can penetrate, all levels. -I'hey have something of the omnipresence of light. For example, cheerfulness of character is not an experienced attribute, either, that is localized in the "l" in any way but is poured over it entirely like a bright luster. And every actual experience has in it something of this "total illuminati()n," is bathed in it. Now we come t() feelings in the pregnant sense. As said earlier, these feelings are always l-eelings of'something. Every time I f-eel, I arn turnecl toward an otrject, something of an object is giverr to me, and I see a level of'the ob-ject. But, in ()rder to see a level of the object, I must first have it. lt ntust be given to me in theoreri- Empathy as the [Jnderstanding of Spiritual Persons ctl acts. 'I'hus, the structure of all leelings requires theoretical :rcts. Whett I am.joyful over a g it. And this even takes place during complete immersion in felt value. Anger over the loss of'a piece of -jewelry comes fiom a nrore superficial level or does not. penetrate as deeply as losing the s;rme object as the souvenir of a loved one. Furthermore, pain over the ltlss of this person himself rvould be evell deeper' This cliscloses essential relationships among the hierarchy oI felt values,r:7 the depth classificatiol'r of value feelings, and the level classification of' the person exposed in t.hese f'eelings. Accordirrgly, every time lr'e advance in the value realm, we also make acquisitions in the realn.r of our own Personality. This c
02 Edith Stein Empathy as the Understanding of Spiritual Persons 103 the comprehension of'fbreign persons is constitutive of our f the feeling of value (oy over my joy) I become aware of myself in a double manner as sub.ject and as ob-jecr. Again, the original and the reflected I'eeling of'r'alue rvill take hold in different -I'hus depths. I can enjol' a work o1'arr and at rhe same time enj,ry my enjovment clf it. 'I'he enjol,ment of'the n,ork
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