Interpretacja ciała ludzkiego w ujęciu Edyty Stein

Edith Stein designates a human body as Leib, the living body, always present in reference to the subject. It is crucial to recognise this unique status of the human body. According to Husserl’s student, the living body carries distinctive sorts of sensation, it is the zero point of the spatial orientation, it has the capability for self-movement, it is constructed of moving organs, it is a place for experience and free will. Nowadays, in public discourse, one can observe on one hand, that too much attention is given to the body, on the other hand, a depreciation of the human body. Thus, bringing Edith Stein’s ideology on a human body is of great value as she assigns its important role in cognition of another human being.