Papers by Maria Aracoeli Beroch
Edith Stein era una profonda studiosa della natura umana e della sua libertà e, allo stesso tempo... more Edith Stein era una profonda studiosa della natura umana e della sua libertà e, allo stesso tempo, una donna altamente attenta nei riguardi delle proprie esperienze spirituali, che arricchivano di continuo il suo approccio scientifico alla problematica dell'essere umano libero. Negli ultimi anni della sua breve vita, già monaca carmelitana e immersa nelle sofferenze che comportavano le vicissitudini belliche che colpivano l'Europa invasa, rifletteva sul rapporto corpo-spirito della persona che agisce in libertà: L'uomo è chiamato a giungere alla sintonia con la volontà divina. Se stabilisce questa sintonia in libera sottomissione, allora gli è concesso di cooperare al compimento della creazione. Se la creatura libera si rifiuta a questa sintonia, allora cade nella illibertà.
PAST Congress
The article shows the influence of John Damascene in the philosophical configuration of Aquinas w... more The article shows the influence of John Damascene in the philosophical configuration of Aquinas with respect to human freedom, especially in the Prologue of S. Th. I-II.
The freedom of the human being is manifested through his acts of choice. For this reason, the article first addresses the relation between cognition and volition in the free act. The synergy between patristic sources like Damascene and the pre-Christian Greek precedents that nurture the notions that come into play is taken into account. Second, the Thomist conception of the human being as the image of God is analyzed, while also tracing the sources that provide its foundation. Third and lastly, the article discusses the notion of the human being as image of God insofar as an intellectual being endowed with free will and his own dominion.
Mirar lo Estético en la Edad Media
Edith Stein propone la belleza junto a la verdad y al bien como trascendentales, la percepción es... more Edith Stein propone la belleza junto a la verdad y al bien como trascendentales, la percepción estética y el origen divino de lo bello a partir de Tomás de Aquino y del Pseudo-Dionisio. Fenomenología y escolástica se reúnen para revalorizar el horizonte metafísico de la belleza y sus implicancias antropológicas.
Steiniana. Revista de estudios interdisciplinarios, 2023
In different works of Edith Stein we find allusions and a few reflections on the aesthetic realm,... more In different works of Edith Stein we find allusions and a few reflections on the aesthetic realm, for the main part combined with
other topics. For Stein, this realm entails the notions of art, the artist, the beauty and its characteristics, information about the
reactions of the spectator before beautiful and/or artistic objects, and finally, God as beauty and author of the beautiful in creation.
It is clear that in Stein’s thought aesthetics does not only imply reflection on the beautiful object (natural or manmade) but also
reflects on the subject who relates to beauty.
The article aims first to reconstruct Stein’s understanding of the aesthetic experience through various textual clues and personal
testimonies of the German thinker. The notion of experience is not univocal, and this is also shown when applying the notion to
this field of study. Secondly, the article presents texts, for the most part from the Christian period of Stein’s writings, that reveal
how the aesthetic experience opens the way to the ethical and above all to the religious, thus allowing for an experience of God.
Dialogo, 2022
en el alma del justo, encuentra su explicación en el contexto de las así llamadas «misiones divin... more en el alma del justo, encuentra su explicación en el contexto de las así llamadas «misiones divinas»: el envío a un término temporal (en el caso de la inhabitación, el alma en gracia) por parte del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo para que permanezcan, vivan y obren en la persona. Por este hecho, como recuerda el P. Corbelle: «las misiones divinas se constituyen en el fin último y el fin inmediato-respectivamente-al que la Trinidad Santa ordenó toda la obra de la salvación. Así lo enseña el Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica: 'El fin último de toda la economía divina es la entrada de las creaturas en la unidad perfecta de la Bienaventurada Trinidad (cf. Jn 17, 21-23). Pero desde ahora, desde la vida actual, somos llamados a ser habitados por la Santísima Trinidad: Si alguno me ama-dice el Señor-guardará mi palabra, y mi Padre le amará, y vendremos a él, y haremos morada en él (Jn 14, 23)'» 1. Catalina vive en el misterio de Dios Uno y Trino de un modo único en la hagiografía. Por este motivo, la Santísima Trinidad recorre todo su pensamiento, plasmado en «su libro» (el Diálogo), las cartas y las oraciones 2 .
Rivista di Filosofia Neo-scolastica, 2021
Finite beauty and eternal Beauty: the transcendentality of the beautiful in Edith Stein
The artic... more Finite beauty and eternal Beauty: the transcendentality of the beautiful in Edith Stein
The article presents a close reading of Finite and Eternal Being by Edith Stein, with a particular emphasis on her explanation of texts by Thomas Aquinas in order to identify her interpretation of beauty as a transcendental. First, the article addresses Stein’s conception of the transcendentals, and in a particular way, of the true and the good insofar as they are related to the beautiful. Second, it proposes the meta-physics of beauty and the divine origin of beauty as a way of reaffirming the transcendentality of the no-tion, according to statements given in the work. Stein’s does not intend to achieve a systematic Thomist calology, but instead offers a new proposal with original traits, which emerges from her intuitions and readings and takes into account her phenomenological formation. Moreover, her conception may stimu-late paths of further development, and with the help of Thomistic texts, yield new responses for the timeless topic of beauty.
ESPIRITU, 2020
En la elección Tomás de Aquino atribuye un orden de causalidades para el intelecto y para la volu... more En la elección Tomás de Aquino atribuye un orden de causalidades para el intelecto y para la voluntad. Aquí surge un problema de interpretación, en cuanto frecuentemente se afirma solo la causalidad del intelecto. En el artículo se aborda primero la temática del objeto moral, entendiéndose por “objeto” un comportamiento elegido libremente, una elección, siguiendo la I-II de la Summa Theologiae y textos paralelos. Luego se presenta la relación del objeto con el fin. Por último, el dinamismo electivo en las acciones, subrayando el equilibrio que debe darse entre la voluntad y el intelecto para que sean moralmente calificables.
INCONΦIDENTIA: Revista Eletrônica de Filosofia , 2020
The article presents a reading of Thomas Aquinas, particularly on the basis of works from his lat... more The article presents a reading of Thomas Aquinas, particularly on the basis of works from his later years, regarding some distinctions in the faculties of the human soul and their interaction in free choice. Although God (the First cause) gives the human being the first impulse so that he might operate freely, in the process of choice, Thomas thoroughly addresses the emergence of the will (the second cause). Thus in this context, the will can be understood as the self-determination of the person as such. First, the article discusses the interaction of the intellect and the will in choice, in particular, according to Quaestiones de Malo, one of Thomas’s later works. Second, the article examines the dynamism of the elective will, reviewing the reasons that can lead the human being to execute one choice over another. This in turn will exhibit human independence, thanks to the role of the will and the qualification of man as a causa sui, which can be identified with the aforementioned self-determination of the agent or in Thomistic language, the fact that man is per se potestativus.
Anuario Filosófico, 2020
The notion of “self” in Cornelio Fabro constitutes a point of convergence between Thomistic anthr... more The notion of “self” in Cornelio Fabro constitutes a point of convergence between Thomistic anthropological principles and the concept of subjectivity in Kierkegaard. This article analyzes the integration of these two influences through a consideration of three key elements in the work of Fabro: perspective and the existential sphere; the choice of the concrete final end; and the reflexivity of the human will as indicated by the notion of amor sui.
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Teresianum 70 , 2019
In The Science of the Cross (SC II 2 §3 b), principally a spiritual work, Edith Stein finds it ne... more In The Science of the Cross (SC II 2 §3 b), principally a spiritual work, Edith Stein finds it necessary to use a “philosophy of person(hood)” so as to make explicit the conception of the soul and its dynamism towards union with God. Amidst other original elements, it is there that the notion of self is introduced. The concept is unaffiliated with the historical-speculative environment of John of the Cross, but Stein presents points of convergence with the anthropology that underlies his corpus, and she clarifies the mode in which one can achieve full communion with God. The article examines the concept of self in The Science of the Cross. First the context is established in which the notion arises, which can be found in the second part of the aforementioned composition, especially considering it within the framework of the nights of John of the Cross. Then section 2§3 b is analyzed, which also is found in the second part of the work, where the individuation of self and its relation with the soul and human freedom is addressed, considering also what Stein writes in Finite and Eternal Being.
Divus Thomas, 2018
The article analyzes the meaning of sourcehood condition within
the context of choice (electio) i... more The article analyzes the meaning of sourcehood condition within
the context of choice (electio) in Thomas Aquinas. Using some
Thomistic texts and some of their contemporary interpretations, the
interaction of the faculties of the human soul, particularly the will,
with the First Cause is reflected upon, in relation to the choice of the
ultimate end of man
En torno a Tomás de Aquino. Rasgos de la persona del Aquinate a partir de algunos de sus escritos, in Raccolta di saggi in onore di Marco Arosio vol. 4, a cura di M. Martorana, R. Pascual, V. Regoli, IF Press, 2018
Sapientia, 2017
The article proposes to revise the meaning of amor sui in some of the main Thomistic texts where ... more The article proposes to revise the meaning of amor sui in some of the main Thomistic texts where the term is mentioned, in order to determine whether it may contribute to a Thomistic theory of subjectivity. In the first place, the reflexivity of the will is explained as an intellectual appetite that has the capacity to turn back on its own act (voluntas vult se velle). This characteristic of the faculty enables one to affirm that man turns back upon himself, not only by means of the intellect but also by means of the will itself. Secondly, the notion of amor/dilectio sui is considered: love tends toward a double object; that is, the good that is desired, and the person for whom this good is desired. In such a way, it is possible to highlight the importance of the subject acting, who, in the case of amor sui, returns toward himself, loving himself and maintaining the love for himself even in relation to other men and to God.
Divus Thomas, 2017
Cornelio Fabro presents the human choice of the ultimate end in concreto on the basis of some tex... more Cornelio Fabro presents the human choice of the ultimate end in concreto on the basis of some texts of Aquinas and by showing the role of the will in the exercise of the free act. Furthermore, the intellectual appetite is understood as the faculty of the totality of the person: in the exercise of the will, subjectivity emerges and the "self" comes to the foreground.
The article expounds upon the conception of Fabro according to which the "self" returns to itself by means of the will; this means loving oneself or "amor sui", an active notion in some Thomistic texts, according to Fabro. The "self" as such "puts itself" in the choice of the end, inasmuch as no good may be loved if the subject does not love itself, contemporaneously willing that end which becomes its personal end.
The Incarnate Word Journal, 2017
Espíritu, 2016
This article analyzes the syntagma causa sui to seek an understanding of human freedom in the tho... more This article analyzes the syntagma causa sui to seek an understanding of human freedom in the thought of Aquinas, in light of recent research. The thomistic causa sui finds its inspiration from Aristotle and denotes the final causality of the agent. Some sustain that in Thomas, it acquires new connotations, that is, it implies the efficient causality of the subject. The author reviews the use of syntagma in the main thomistic authors so as to individuate the sense in which it is used in these contexts and later confirm whether it can be used as a valid element for a thomistic theory of subjectivity.
Books by Maria Aracoeli Beroch
Edivi , 2024
Tomismo e pensiero moderno, fa seguito a Esegesi tomistica e viene pubblicato contemporaneamente ... more Tomismo e pensiero moderno, fa seguito a Esegesi tomistica e viene pubblicato contemporaneamente nel 1969. Anche questo secondo volume si origina come omaggio e ringraziamento a Cornelio Fabro per i suoi anni di collaborazione ed insegnamento nella Pontificia Università Lateranense. Il volume non conta di una propria introduzione, dato che è presentato da Fabro nella Premessa che apre il volume Esegesi tomistica. Secondo l'introduzione dello stesso Autore dunque i saggi qui riportati, 16 in totale, sono da ritenersi integrativi rispetto al volume Partecipazione e Causalità (Esegesi tomistica, Premessa, pp. 7-8). Come precisa R. Goglia: «Tomismo e Pensiero moderno non è solo il titolo di un volume, ma la struttura portante di tutto il pensiero fabriano che cerca il fondamento metafisico della libertà, ovvero la metafisica greco cristiana per fondare e irrobustire l'anelito, il fremito di libertà che muove sé stessa e vibra nei massimi esponenti dei pensatori e della modernità» (Cornelio Fabro, EDIVI, Segni 2010, p. 154).
Teresianum 2019 by Maria Aracoeli Beroch
Teresianum, 2019
En Ciencia de la Cruz (CC II 2 §3 b), obra principalmente espiritual, Edith Stein estima necesari... more En Ciencia de la Cruz (CC II 2 §3 b), obra principalmente espiritual, Edith Stein estima necesario explicitar la concepción del alma y su dinamismo hacia la unión con Dios a través de una «filosofía de la persona». Entre otros elementos originales, allí se introduce la noción de yo. El concepto es ajeno al ambiente histórico-especulativo de Juan de la Cruz pero, para Stein, presenta puntos de convergencia con la antropología que subyace en el corpus sanjuanista y clarifica el modo en que se puede alcanzar la plena comunión con Dios. El artículo examina el yo en Ciencia de la Cruz. Primero se establece el contexto en el que surge la noción, en la segunda parte de la obra mencionada, sobre todo a la luz de las noches sanjuanistas. Luego se analiza el apartado 2§3 b, siempre de la segunda parte de la obra, donde se recorre la exposición steiniana para individuar el yo y su relación con el alma y la libertad humana, considerando también lo dicho por la autora en Ser finito y Ser Eterno. ABSTRACT: In The Science of the Cross (SC II 2 §3 b), principally a spiritual work, Edith Stein finds it necessary to draw on a “philosophy of person(hood)” in her exposure of the conception of the soul and its dynamism towards union with God. It is there, amidst other original elements of her work, that the notion of self is introduced. Athough the concept of the self is unaffiliated with the historical-speculative environment of John of the Cross, it nontheless presents, for Stein, points of convergence with the anthropology underlying his corpus, and clarifies the means by which one can achieve full communion with God. The present article examines the concept of self in The Science of the Cross. First, it establishes the context in which the notion arises – in part II of the work - and especially considers the notion of self within the framework of the nights of John of the Cross. It then provides an analysis of Part II, Section 2§3b where Stein treats individuation of the self and its relation to the soul and human freedom, while also considering Stein's Finite and Eternal Being.
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Papers by Maria Aracoeli Beroch
The freedom of the human being is manifested through his acts of choice. For this reason, the article first addresses the relation between cognition and volition in the free act. The synergy between patristic sources like Damascene and the pre-Christian Greek precedents that nurture the notions that come into play is taken into account. Second, the Thomist conception of the human being as the image of God is analyzed, while also tracing the sources that provide its foundation. Third and lastly, the article discusses the notion of the human being as image of God insofar as an intellectual being endowed with free will and his own dominion.
other topics. For Stein, this realm entails the notions of art, the artist, the beauty and its characteristics, information about the
reactions of the spectator before beautiful and/or artistic objects, and finally, God as beauty and author of the beautiful in creation.
It is clear that in Stein’s thought aesthetics does not only imply reflection on the beautiful object (natural or manmade) but also
reflects on the subject who relates to beauty.
The article aims first to reconstruct Stein’s understanding of the aesthetic experience through various textual clues and personal
testimonies of the German thinker. The notion of experience is not univocal, and this is also shown when applying the notion to
this field of study. Secondly, the article presents texts, for the most part from the Christian period of Stein’s writings, that reveal
how the aesthetic experience opens the way to the ethical and above all to the religious, thus allowing for an experience of God.
The article presents a close reading of Finite and Eternal Being by Edith Stein, with a particular emphasis on her explanation of texts by Thomas Aquinas in order to identify her interpretation of beauty as a transcendental. First, the article addresses Stein’s conception of the transcendentals, and in a particular way, of the true and the good insofar as they are related to the beautiful. Second, it proposes the meta-physics of beauty and the divine origin of beauty as a way of reaffirming the transcendentality of the no-tion, according to statements given in the work. Stein’s does not intend to achieve a systematic Thomist calology, but instead offers a new proposal with original traits, which emerges from her intuitions and readings and takes into account her phenomenological formation. Moreover, her conception may stimu-late paths of further development, and with the help of Thomistic texts, yield new responses for the timeless topic of beauty.
the context of choice (electio) in Thomas Aquinas. Using some
Thomistic texts and some of their contemporary interpretations, the
interaction of the faculties of the human soul, particularly the will,
with the First Cause is reflected upon, in relation to the choice of the
ultimate end of man
The article expounds upon the conception of Fabro according to which the "self" returns to itself by means of the will; this means loving oneself or "amor sui", an active notion in some Thomistic texts, according to Fabro. The "self" as such "puts itself" in the choice of the end, inasmuch as no good may be loved if the subject does not love itself, contemporaneously willing that end which becomes its personal end.
Books by Maria Aracoeli Beroch
Teresianum 2019 by Maria Aracoeli Beroch