Man and Absolute

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Since the intersubjective dialogue still leavesthe subject dissatisfied in its expression of

value-to-be-realized, the person is said tobe an ontological need, showing the need of

a change of axis in order to complete andsurpass partial communion. (McCarthy)


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To be man is free not taken as simply to be,for it connotes it-being or being as objectsbut to be free here is to I. To be I connotesbeing as subject or a person. To be in man

is to be free. Freedom is the value to berealized.


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Now, if to be is not to be freewhere should i ground this

freedom in order that myfreedom be meaningful?


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Shall I ground my freedom in mynative capacity for self-

determination?

NO! not on my free act.

If I ground it here then this would lead

me to isolation. But isolation for meis meaningless for i am a man. Being

a man, I have to be in dialogue.


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Shall I ground it on the object around me?

NO!

Inanimate object could not be the ground ofmy free act. The fact that they are object

shows that they could not be the ground ofmy free act.


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Can I ground my free act with other subject?

Yes! But though grounded

to intersubjectivity

But it is insufficient because ourdesire for fulfilment is not fulfilled

by our fellow.


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He cannot give totally himself to us eventhough we strive our full effort to create a

deep relationship, something remains hiddenand incommunicable and his will result to

dissatisfaction!


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Dissatisfaction with others:1. you must fade he/she

2. Reality proves me wrong, I may have

identified others.3. Others may be gone by DEATH.


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Grounding free act with the intersubjectivitywhich leads to dissatisfaction, must have a

change ofaxisin order to complete and

surpass partial communion.


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My freedom must be grounded on a Being whois more than I.

This being is the Absolute Thou.

This is the ontological need


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This being is a subject but HE is more than asubject like me.

He is more than a person.

He must have more essence and existencethan myself.

Only the Absolute Thou can I ground my freeact.

No matter it takes, he can satisfy my being.


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However, this awareness of theAbsolute Thou is the persons

present condition both arise asin remains the existence offace shrouded with veils.

(Marcel)


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NOT REASON BUT FAITH ALONE

Leap of Faith

Marcel started from the experience of LouiseMasignon. He found this experience as

reliable, thus faith is reality.


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I know you are there for me, becausemy love is moving that way. My love ismoving towards you. Thus you should

be there. If I Have that longing, thenyou must be there existing.


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What the other to me will depend on what I amto other. Therefore the subjects fidelity tothe other brings about the others presenceto me; on the other hand, infidelity to the

other will remove his presence.

FIDELITY brings the presence of the AbsoluteThou and infidelity brings the absence of theAbsolute Thou among men.


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Of course, IT IS A SUBJECT!A subject that is more than a subject like me.

Why?If HE would be like me as subject, then Hecould not satisfy me. He must have more

essence and existance.


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Absolute Thou is a person whom we can speakto but one with a face shrouded in veil.


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1. Face is a property of a person. Thus, itimplies that the Absolute Thou is a person.

2. He is Shrouded because the presentremoteness of the Absolute Thou.

3. In veil because this is a searching phase


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The Absolute Thou is the answer tothe need of man. He is the giver,my being as subject depends on

HIM. Absolute Thou is myco-author of my act.

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