The paradox of the human spirit «stretched between finitude and infinity» according to Edith Stein and its relationship with Albert the Great in the work Being finite and being eternal

Abstract

The present study clarifies the paradox of the human spirit tended between finitude and infinitude, as Edith Stein understands it, illuminated by Albert the Great. This paradox constitutes the originating dimension of the human spirit, which is a most real and authentic incarnate spirit when it comprehends itself as stemming from God, disclosing the dynamic simultaneity of time and eternity, while being the human collaboration capable of anticipating infinite Spirit.