Athena Article

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B a c a l . e g

FROM PROTO-ET HICA L COMPASSION

TO RESPONSIBILIT Y: BESIDENESS

AND THE THREE PRIMAL MOTHER-

PHANTASIES OF NOT-ENOUGHNESS,

DEVOURING AND ABANDONMENT

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. I p y. yd y p p-y p dhd jy wh x y, h d h p .

C y I p h h? C y kp hd y h d y d h y? I y w hpy p d kd pyh-h d pyh-hh h L -h d k h h ph. I f d, hh, h pj -y /Oh jz y.

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*I Sj , h hp L Humanism

de lautre homme, xp h w misericorddpreliminary vulnerability(L 1972: 122, 105), L h

Hw wd d h f py: Rakhamim. Rkh - h wd rekhem ( whh Rakhamim pd.) V h Hw, L p d emotion o thematernal womb. (F y h God ull o Mercy E 2000(1997): 202-203). Md h h hospitalitywhh - y h xpy wy h w d k hpy habsolutely utured vulnerability: pph h Oh wh innitelyOthery h (w-k?)proximity traumatic h Iwh y h -

sel-sacricial. F L, h -w , y d d dpassivitywh E d virility(L 1972: 88). T jy h irreplaceable singular individualunit d originary responsibility, wh py yh d h an-archicp-h p d d h

w y h h misericordd ypassivitydmystery, dd h E. T h Oh, whE d jy h d. Lk Fd, E d S-j L p activityd libido, d h h

() pp d y dpaternity. Hw, y wh y d pph must f onlywhh w-- d, h d L (d L 1973), absolute Othernessd f disappearance rom light. F h pp- h - ph I h d x (w-x),h bindingd connecting potentiality E h h subjectivizing- d. H, w -Oh d p--j -w pp d dpp y wy jd d ph pyh d dId non-I. T h L w - d py d d h k w dh dh , d f Eh wh pp y

wh kd h , py . T pp h h/ hp (E wh L1991-1993) d h wk-hh f d . T pd yh y h Akeda(h Sacrice o Abraham), w h , y h x w

w , wh Oh d dpp (versusj B), h d hk I or-I x, dd -Oh d side-by-side-ness: besidednessh

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p hk I and-I. T ph k pd f, dh d h d h -d d-h d , f d wh- h .

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h h h h object relation, d, wh h , h f h Oh yrejection d kd h (Fd 1914). I h wd, wh h Ij ( h )

wh y d y unconscious not-me. Rj h I dy d d h h d wd. I py h (jd) Oh h libidinal Eros,

d d, f d wh h y h Ineeds. Sh Oh-j wd f h pph h Oh h y L y wy h y,d h k h wh h h p -d wh y h h p (pw) E.

Y, d h E h hd xd h -- h, h phallic perspective E h pzd. I y x pp, h, h kd E , d d d y y py

d (E 1994-1999 (2006) M, d pdx-y , hh L h y hpy d h y wy py, -h py, d fy y wh w uturality in the now: y wh rakhamim wh notyethere (L 1971: 274) , h fy h y ph h. I hk h py h h h h-, origi-nary jointness-in-diferentiating and besidedness, h h dppd dh, h k heminine-maternal. I qfd yp kd - y y y d y - ppx y j.

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f y d h h/ , d d w h p d absolute youth hh h p Fecunditywhh d y df p pp the time

o the absolutely Otherwhh absolutely uture. T, jy hd -d h -p d, kp y Oh

wh k wy pp : Fdy d pw d


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py k kd pp h j h h Oh, p discontinuityw h. I h S,L dd dy py h relationsto h wh hh -p pp (L 1971: 294-312). F-

y hd h y - Oh. T - h p hd hd, y w, wh h Fdd the paternal primary and direct pre-objectal love-identication with the

primordial ather: dd f d p df, hdf wh h h h w p phy (Fd 1923:31) hd y L f S1 h d h y p p -df y f.T p h d y h y h y

d h pp d - h j, d h ( j y df) ( y d h h y df) hh y p-j dfyd k h p. I p h, Fd, w y d h hd h y , d hdd j (y dd) y d h -dy ( h p Odp p) h h f j h/Oh, h d d d h wh I not-enoughness.Bh d d -h ph q wh

p Fd dy fd h sexual ineriority y (Fd 1933: 124; Fd 1931: 232) p y d , h , emininesexual diference that starts rom the masculine and returns to the masculine. (W h h p ; w d E2006, 2006). Th, L, h - pd h d w p, h d hpy, h p h pd h whh dy p pwd py d p h, hh dy. I d Oh in discontinuity. S L h w fy ph h, d h pk h w y h dying - (E wh L 1991-1993), w--dy d py wh h p -, hliving h /Oh d living-with-in and beside d.I y x pp, w-dy py-d com-passionate hospitality in living-inter-with-in the almost-Other.T x pp wk h -

d pyh dd -I. T w-d wh- h -/Oh d pp jy transsubjectivity py w p d h, h , y

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pyh d h d h h d h -jy h j d p , d pjyd dpp wh h j pp. T, by its matrixial Eros, -

jy h dd j. R-wh-

d h j wd py h pyd y d p h h -p d -. Ad pd y d ph- p(), p h p wy pp y. Idd (, ) p kd h matrixial transgressive com-passion ( w h ). I h h I

wd k p L d h h Oh hh y d h the trauma o birth is the trauma o the mother. F

L, h h d y (L 1971:12). T d hk h h the trauma o ma-ternity(ddd d h h (Rk 1929). T h-, w I, w never h h p, ph d -d wh h Oh (w: h ) wh h wd d h . F h d h w-h subject w h y h ddy w z tripletrauma y d py: h pxy h Ohd py, h h h ( h

h wh h w /Oh) d h p h non-Id h-. T q h pyd hd-h qua -p-j h - -jy h k y pyhy hy whh, h , h d h h h x w. T y dy hd-h, andxpd y , h j wd , hhh f kd f d h d kd ph h ; h w x h jouissance and traumao pregnancy. T x jy py p h h d wh I h archaic m/Other. T w-k p ky h Oh nude vulnerability. I h d y - openness to ragilizing sel-relinquishment.

*I W P-Fd pyhhp hy d

ph wh Fz d wd y W (hd ydd pyhy h, wh xp k K, B, B,h L hy, Dz-G Anti-Oedipusd J Bj

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-j d h d h h as subject), -- mother-blamingd mother-hating pdd. U d h hy, mother-monster readymade d hp qua h j y xy d pyh p. T

pd h- dyd wy d-y d h y . T p h ymother-monster readymadef f y w j h pyhy hy d h j p h hp, d y disrecognition h p- kd ph d y p, h d y pd hpy, p pri-mal phantasies, d h h . I h d (E 2006,

2006, 2006d) dd h h p ph: O Bh P S, Sd, C, d Odp, h- h ph (dd h dpd): .Not-enoughness p p h y d- wh h d ph originary not-enough mother,. Abandonment hprimal phantasy o the abandoning mother, d . De-vouring h primal phantasy o the devouring mother. T h h ph pd h q py (SLph & P 1967: 157-159). Fd w L d y h

y dd h p h ph, d yh h d h. F xp, Fd k h p,y regular, kd (devoured?) y h h (Fd 1931: 227, ddd) d L k h h h whh h h h whh p pyhy hy p ,h , h d (L 1994: 380). Y h h ddk h php d p z h h ph pd h d y h q p phy. A pph hy pd h h x dh xy d h pyh p (). Fw hp hp, d h h , h h d d pdy -pd h . W z h h h ph w d z h pp . I k hk zd originary not-enoughnessh p h pph devouringd abandonment. E hh h ph p h h py zd, h Fd

y zd h pdy. T dz d y, - xy d h dh/h phd h y pyhy hy d p.


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T h j p ph: Sd, C, d Odp, d dd hy jz p- -- p f wh d pd -. T k h h ph N-h,

Ad d D as primaldy y h h/dhhp yy h h wd h h ddy h dh d df wh h p h w x,

wh ph , wh h p f yp d f dfy , , h

wh h h Sd, C d Odp ph- p px, h p -x h/ df p, h /h hp. T d d h

d h Fd y j dy h paternal seductiond y p p p phy d h h y d wh h phy, dd y, pd d y. Idd, pph h z xy d p hy w -y zd, f h y z h jd p d y. I h py h p ph, h d y dh vis--vis theirmothers, h w dzd.

Up h hd h ph d h, pyh p w d d h - d (pfd y d d);d p h hd hphantasmatic devouring mother xy d d h (d pfdy -d) d. T p phy d d x dd d pd (pfd y p-). T N-h h phy py h h p w pj d hd wh Fd h d O . Ap - d y d d pj/- , d p dd -d (h zd wh dd y), the ailure to recognizeh h hd as p Mh-ph , y w,h d h - d d h h/dh x d d h p pyhy

d y h d - h. T h d h -x h py h- dyd h

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d d h pyh dh, h h dh/h hp h , w h h -x w d h d h E p. Dd d w ky zd y Fd ph h

caused by something(h h p). Wh W d Kh( j w) h ph dyexplainedyreal, wh , p ph, hy h pyh d- hp d z d p d xy h y h x . A h h h h y x phy d y h d p h hxy d p, wh h hp ph f h h d, d

dd-d h y h d ph- dd w y wd h f. I - hp y , pyh p d xymust h h p-Odp pd .Anxiety and the returno the repressed hd hd, Fd hd dd d : h h y p h h (Fd 1916-17; Fd 1926;L 1962-63 (2004)). T x h h y d , y d ph d hy hd d fxd h y d p, p-

d h d as causes h xy d h pyh py h y d yd, wh wh h jy h phxp h xp p h d k h.T, wh h -h dyd y-pd - p-Odp p ph d /-- w h h y d fx h p-Odp y, h y p, f wdh /Oh d d zd wy, hd, d dd h x -p , pdxy wh hhp wh I h d empty empathy(E 2006), w h . T d h y p d p-p-y h pj . Cp h pyh y wy -py. I y d yd z h y hh -h d wh h h p Mh-ph d d d, p wd h /Oh d wh h y phy wd h yd.I h L H (Fd 1909: 27) d php

h z h h h D? (Fd 1901(1905),yd y E 1993 d E 2005) Fd h hd h h y take the side o the mother: we must take


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the side o the mother, stand besideh d pp h h G x y y h xp Partei nehmen even i weddy wh h. T , h hw w d h h p (d w, php h , py h

Fd Eh, y y d W y wd, , on behal o H x d dd h Fd 1909:27-28) w k y L wh h (L 1994: 222) h Fd h f h h : I k Fd sublime sereni-ty d ratiyh h h, wh dy wd h dd h... (L 1956-57: 222, : Il aut laverite la sublime srnit de Freud pour entriner laction de la mre, alors que denos jours tous les anathmes seraient dverss sur elle...). I h h

d principle within countertranserence h h -p d y dd. Ry ddwh h h d h h p h - d h h ph wh as primalI . T besidednesspd wh h severality convey, h y , d d-y-d- wh h h

whh h ratication h withouty d identicationwh h z h . Bdd wh h /Oh kph y h x w d d wk h yd,

wh, wh, df. I y d hp w y hh d h h d h wy Fd d Ld wh w d dy wh h, pyh p dd; w d h d p d h d ull empathywith compassion ( whh w h ).

*I wh p -h d pd y

yh h w pphd primordial innocence?I p y pyh accessingh Oh wh hh h I immemorial passivity, h d p x E w- -j- h /Oh, h primary love(B 1952) whh kd - d-j py pph h -I. I y p h wy -kw h /Oh d h wd, y h x h pyh wd -h j, d j, p h hz h p-h y, -

y d , y whh h /Oh (d h C) pphdd dd py . T I y y p kd pk h /Oh p hpy. I p

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wd h h, wh Fd d h d d d-fy k, d p h py p wd h/Oh. T h -p -p-y

wh h /Oh d h p hpy wd h .

P hh h x hz wh h h dd h,h p pd wd h h. In that sense Isaac is every-inantin innocent youth in passive vulnerability. I -jy pd p j, h I (p-pj) z y k dpk h /Oh (p -j) z y. Ad, wh y p, whh p-h, pj,-j d p h p , - h py, whh h d h j h-

? Rpy ph h q h p j wd h Oh. T d h phj wh ph p d y wh h d py whh h dd y -

j. Idd py, k h d y, q h pj. T ph j wh z d dy d y d y, d h z h ph z, h h, wh, (d y pj-), d h j, wh , d pj,

(h z, p h j) d (p d d). T ph j wh h j pdy h p d p pp (h pp h, py h d y dy). Ad y dddy k py d w d . I h -x h j w(h).

I h x ph h w(h) h-d-z -. T py Oh-j phallic gaze -d hh supplementaryx z y wy d -qh j w d y wk --d py d h wy d y I() d-I() severality. Cp h y p.T I py d y h -I y j--d- y h p hh h - dk.T x p hpy p-h y df d h y . I h z d y y, h h w , h h ,

d x ph z . D w p, d dy w pp h ph z. Wh j d h k h k py


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z d ph z d py j . B hq d w h q h p p-y h dfd j, w h j py (whh h py yhy h dh h j d h

py h) d - h d d h y, py dpp. Wh Ih d h x z d p h ph z d d d p, whh hw - d p. E x dk h j wd py. Wh h x z wh h I -p-y wh h -I wh hd pyhp (hd y h, d w, h dy) w(h)

h -j , h -p - hd y -y I() d -I(). T j -py d dd d, h ph p-y y pd y x -p-y, -p dp hpy, d d wh h. Rpy dpd p h dpd, y w, h x -p-, -p-y d w(h), d py p- d p hpy. C-p d -y,-y d -y, w -y -p-

y h x h pj py p dh /Oh p hpy h ( h h wd) p-h d py h d-dd j. T x h y p-h -p,d d p hpy wh py p, d; pyh h p-y wh x h ddd j wd py wh hy , d d dd, h h y d. Mx p h h pyh h py. A -x z -qh h h, kd - d x- wd -y, d h d y whh h -Oh fh j. I h x ph, h I d , k L, p I wh -I -p -, pyh d h. T h p-h-p p h p h h. Cp p-h

wy h I ( d ) -kw ,

y d h Oh. I h x, h -Oh h h I jz y wh, p , h j-z y h h I -Oh.

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x h h h p d wh h (p-py d p-) p-j y compassion o

the inant d (wh y d yd xh)wh h y compassion o the m/Otherh -p-ph - p hpy h , w dy p L d h j dd p h I - yh h Oh d ph , y h -x -p z d h I y p whh p f. A h d h /Oh, -pd p y h

h: h Oh- y h y-h h /Oh d h C d h pph d d d. I h fd h U,hw, y p-y y h jy d py whh : -p d p, h p I with-in non-Iz, (d ) h d dd d. Fy -

jy h y transitivity and jointness absolute Other. I L, hw, y d y, wh wy h w

h? T f p h: k -y y d j, h d y Oh quality d d o diference. Fy qfd ; h d y dd (E wh L 1991-1993, pd h).

*F L, hh h h d y wh

h , ph p, Ify hy. W h y h w h d y relation without relation whh never-p. T h pxy h h, k pxy Ify, -p. Oy wh h h ecstasy(j,p d ) d conaissance(kwd y ) h

wd h dd appropriation. J , kwdd h. Fy k j d -p y h p h

py, yy, y d dh (L 1979: 56-57, 60, 68). A p dy p h j h d wh d dpy (L 1979: 36) d h Oh-, h j d


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h Oh-, d h j d h Oh-. L oundation Eh h -Oh d h d Dh h(E wh L 19911993). T wh h h

wh Myy y h d -- jy

(L 1979: 69). I h h p h yy (L 1979: 74) d dh h y w w xh q y w -I d /Oh h (dy ) h py.T, h p h j wj d Oh d h py wh I h trans-sub-

jective, y d d hy w d , wh h intersubjectivep

y (L 1979: 75). E h d d w -jy hd y pyh d hd d j d pd d h I

wh -d h I: d ( pyh) d (d pyh hd) d d d-d h d dd pyh .

*L p h p, d-

, dy pp dy (L 1979:28) d whh positivey, , , h d supplementarity L. I h L d L w fd, h Oh, p ppy pd wh dpp. T h h d y y h - hd h (L 1979, 79). O h hd, h Oh h : h -y (L 1971: 297), y,y d -f (L 1971: 286-287), d h hhd h h w: hpy wd h y: h,h, p, p, y pxy d w(L 1971: 166, 169). T Oh d E wh h Sj -

j y E. T h (p) h y h p py (y ), d yp p d k (Caress) hd h h d h whh yh d yet . A h , h, h k p, y yetwhh h (L 1971:

294, 297) wh h p py wd h Oh p k. T E h k pw-

wh y event. I h hp, h p pp p

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dy j d -Oh. L d C h d yy (L 1979: 82), dh d Fdy h y y dh (). T f dy py (L 1979: 85). I h y py h

d ( h S h E). T L dw ph Dh/F Fdy/Py/S/d. I h S, Py h . I (1991-1993), L fyd pp dy h - h d Oh,d h h - h d h h Eh hh d h d wh . B py -d h Oh d , wh h L - h h F dy: h

h I dpp h h Oh w . Wh h d, dy ( y) h , dpp--.E hh py h h L fy h hh h h w ( y w) jy , h y, y h y d wh f, dp- d y h d dh. I h L jh hdd p h Fd d L pyhy, whh h d y j wh Dh d hT. F L, hdh, , h -

pp, h -I /Oh dpp. S h x ppk h p py, I d -I d h -Oh d h -I . T/Oh d hy -p h I .I h x py p p h Oh wh h hd h I d ppp h -I y h h hd d d h. Mx y pp copoiesis( p dpp (rtirance) pp j).Matrixial uturality articulates non-abandonment and non-devouring in com-passion and compassionate hospitality. It ounds Non-abandonment and Non-devouring in proto-ethical compassion that leadsto Responsibility. T, wh p, f d h/ d -

j/Oh dh h , d , , ,dd d -d h . I h -x -y pp y y h h d care.Hpy d p ( whh w h ) yh d ph h w f d dp

h d ph h w , , d d.I py h h I p h L h/ -x, w y h p h y w


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j d p (jy) yd d p(h p h Oh d h h ) h y--dy pp h y---pd (jy)pp. T -d y -d h -I dpd

h I -p dk h -I. Cp y -ppp kwd h Oh d inh Oh. I h , h h h ( ph - h pd h h/ d dh) h - py ( -w- d zd -p h p ) . T x h -p -p-y d - pphdd y p. H, h L h -

- y y py, d wh -Oh- -p-y. Fy h dk j d Oh d yd -p. I w p-h,h w(h), h p h ph h w. I h, h pyh ph, h y h - h p ph -h, d d d h h pj p d h p hpy -p d -p-y; hy h d py d d h p I wh dy

p k y h y p. I, whL, h pp h I h dpp h /Oh h , d p x at that limit d y p-p h pp/dpp x. A h p y y d L y. With continuity-in-besidedness,even death doesnt destroy the matrixial web.A , d kd - Oh d h h h j/Oh p?

*T x E kd xy wy h wk h -

p dd j h. T y dd j-h- h q h p h

wh E d the other as subjectd d wk dk h p-jy yd dy.

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I jy L w wy d h -p d whh Oh w h , hd y hyph h h h (p 1991-1993)

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pd d hdd h khh h h h yy h absoluteOh h h Eh jy (E wh L 1991-1993). T h h j p-h . I y w h h

E, d y h w I()wh -I().

*I pyhy d hp hp, h

h Oh d h h Oh, h -y- /h yd pd y h y p, p, p,xp (A) w p d fy ythe analysts initia-

tion o subjectivizing moments h w p d -z. By h -I pyh dp d h h yd dk p p wd h (y - h ph wh jy), h y d -

jz d h x . A j-d-/Ohh d h yd p I d -Id--j hh h p hpy. T p I w y h p hp-y p -I (y) h h py. I

dpd h h py d h d -y. T py h hp p w p y j h y d p d

wk wd dd wh h yd y f h.

IIP p, z -qh, d w p-p h y x kw /wh- h /Oh d /

wh- h C. Ey phy h x pyh-y d y h y -p -p-y. Rp-y, y, , w, pd z -qh d wh x pd pyh- d hd hd d wk-hh metramorphosis. I x ph, h d h h wdh h d h h wd h h wkd y wkd h h h y h -p, -p-y d w(h) d y whh p-j py p

dy d. T p-j p d w wh- -h (-) -j pd p I() d -I() y wy d


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-d kwd. -j -p-y, d yd h pd x - wh p- hp-y, phy d py p p- p-y, p d d d h y

d d -qh d w(h) w, h py pyh-h d pyh-p-h p whhy d h py hh wh- wx (h x f h d h.) T p hpy h -I (/Oh, pyhh-p, y) w h I p whh h -Ih jz , h I , w d -p py. h x -p -p-y, h

h h w d py d phy hpy d p /Ohrom the always thereposition o a daughter, d h y h p d - y, p-y, d d trans-sensingh kd ph d hyp kw y w dq, whh h yh p.

Shy p h dd. Lk d--, dd dk p p h -ph pp. Bdd xpd d d

d p pp d d h h pp-. I dp d p, h jy d w dd dd wh d-- d d- -d, d d p d , dd . I wk-hh dd d z -y p p, w - y w -p - ph h py p.R--h hpy d y d wh d y -p. I phy d y p (-p ph d h hz h hp/p- d y/yd hp), d pyh hd h -j p fd h k y h yd, d h h y , y h phy p w d ( d) j d d j d.I p wh phy d y h ppy h y ( phy d h p y, p d h yd and h h d ), d

h d h y d py p as a point o viewh hd between perspective and horizon.I h , h p wh h pj-

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p j h py -pyh wh wh hp y pd /h y ph-y dd ( d d h -I() h,h, , d d y h y h

wh w y phy). Bh y d p xy d p d ; h d h xy d p d h kd happiness in sorrowh w--h h h x -p wh -p--y h h h - wh h /Oh. Cp h p ph d d d d p d h h- dyd y . Eh y dhp dp h py p (Kk 2005)

wy, p whh y w yd phy d d h d h , , y, d p, d whh d h -d pd kwd d h y w , pp,hz d p w. When empathy disconnects rom the compassio-nate tissue it endangers the matrixial sphere itsel. I ull empathyhphy wh h x ph whh empathy within compassion. I empty empathyh p phy h xpd h -x w ( phy d py phy phy w

x p). Wh phy d p y h p h hh/y , p p h p h -d d j, p d h, wh kp phd wh h j. T, wh p hd, phy d, fd wh p h d y, h h j (p) d (d d h p h, h, , d) dyd hh h I ph k d wh h y wh h k, d h h p d dpd p d , d wh h p w hdzd j (w h y) d j h zd j (wy h h). I h wd, phy wh p - zd ph p w h d h: h p. T, h k h h h hp h d h h h w py hp h x h- k h j h y hh d ppy h wh

d . T, phy wh p - h h h py -h d h h x . Sh d py y h


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j d h h /Oh d h h-I() d h p d k h d p,hk, , d fy p , hh -phy (h py w) wd h p d. I h

py phy wh p, h p h fxd ph p wh h y d-zd. I h k phy wh p p w, d py phy y//

wh p ( d d d j, d y d y d h) d (y d h yd f, d w pyh j jd wh p p h j w h).

*Py p d phy d hyp d

ph w d q, d -p d-p pyh- x pp h d d d p, d, w, w,, d d, d fy h p d phy, d h p d trans-cryptum (E 1999). Ephy, hw, dy p

zd, , df, d -. Wh M K d d h dp dpd h p h w d h pd-h-zd p, I d d , k phy, , wh,d h I -p dk h -I whh x , whh hw dd d wh h pj p dy -d. I d /Oh p pj d -jpp py phy, w, , d d ; -x w pj d -j pp p d ; -x pj d -j pp dd ; x -qh pj pp d d d h p d hpy, d h pj d -j pp d d - h I d h -I, d d d y x z

wh w x w wh -p-y, w(h) d -p hpy j -d. A h pj d

-j pp p-h d py. --d kwd wh p h dFd dd d ph d hyp

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h h p, yp d p. W p wh- h h d wh- h C d d p p, d w xp -wh h h d hC , , p d kwd wh

wk d/ h . T, - wh hx p, p d,d y p p p . Hw-, k py, d dw h j whhzd pd d h x w wd -. H, py p h z h p ph h-h h, h d h d h d h j p. I dd d ppd y h d h /Oh-

p.

*A -h --j, h

x py . W hk -j wh- h h -/Oh pp y y. Lk py, d dw h -p j wd hd h y ph z,hpy x hzd pd d, h x

w wd d d (h h /Oh py -kw ). I pd -, I d -I d wy h , d w, h d wy h w -kwd d p hd -. M h y y d , d d --p h , d y w(h) -p, h d y dd p- ph. T h ph y whh h h hh. B h y y h-ph pyhdd-d.

A -j hd pyh ph -p h d y h I d y h -I d- wy d . W h d xp y h ph -qh d yd d w; /Oh p-

y d wh p h pq. Uxpd phd d , -ph d hyp pp d p d d wy


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d dd (y d yd) x hd wh --j d -y-j -pdd -pd. T h y h h- wh j -d

y y. O h d h y h h h -y py h w d d hw p w p d y. Oy h x j--d d p h pyh-h- d d pyh-h , d h pyphy , h y hy hz h/h y - h h h h y , y -p (d y d y dk h f) w

h y d y y hhd y whh h h h p df d j, hh, h, d h h- -pd h/h h-y k h d . I h h hh h h d h h x p p w y d y h wh , wh p ph d h . A d, p wk p d pj. T, h -y p d emptyphy d dy-d

h j d pd y -j h h dd. T h h dy-d d f pj h, h hd hd

wh h h d xy d - wdh h (d h y ), ddy j W h d p pyhyy-dpyhhpy, h dy-d h d y - h d p p-Odp ph d h (B), p, d / -hp, fd y h d p h h h. T ddy h d dd y py h p d p, d y hp empathic wh h d h y ( d ddzd). T dy-d h- h y - h - p d x h x,h y ph h d h p ph, x d p h zd wh hy : p , d , j

xy, d w d d y, d dh. H hh y pyh d; d result. Bd p d d

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h hy fd py ph d h wh hy d . By p h k - ( ) h p ph d pd h h h ,h h h y h p y

pdd pyh dolie--deux.

*T p pj. I k h -I() -

, , , h, d hk-, d d j, d d d, d k h pyh dp. B - w wy, h wd p wh h I, d

d p d xy w h h I. T h y k h p, h, h z.I k h /Oh -I . T y p d h pj py p d h -py h d wh h x . T p w x -p h h - pp d hz h h pj p-h dh- pyh d d d h -. I x - h w, py p

wh p d - wh- h x , d h x -- y hpy wk h - pyI h d p. C- py p kd kwd pdd /y dhd d pyh- p, w d wh p, wh h h pyw py wh h py h wk py h h p: h - wh- h -/Oh, d h w: h py wpd - wh -I(). T, h x --p-y y h h d h -h, Rpy. Py p wy d p h w(h) /Oh pp h /Oh , d -d h kwd. W(h) - W. I x dp, w(h) pp

h d d y -I wh d d h wkd-hh h , d pp, h /Oh d -wh


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d-y-d-. T -y y h I kp wh- - j d d. Sd /Oh d d j -ppp - y : -jy ,

d wh h -I d p h I d /h dd .

*Py w ( h I) hd y p ( h -I)

h d h h py p; py hd y d h d h h py d; py p hd y phy

d h d h h py dphy d ; d py -qh hd y d d h d h h py - ; hd y d d y. A h- py p-h-h q h dhh h x fd h hy p . F y pp, p d -p-f h phy whh pfd dd d h d y

d d p wh h wh dd -x, wh k py, d . P-y p d phy d d y phy. T y w p p dpy phy wh p d phy w p h . Ed f d d d py phy, phy (phy wh p), - p, pj d -j py p d -p. Th p y wy dp phy dy d, h pj I p wh d yd , wh h p d wh Fd wd h py d

phylogenetical transmission.

*I h I p p wd -I h -j

h -f, h, dd h -

I, jf h -I, hk d , h py p d yd h . TI wk wh- ph wh p h h h

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d w, d p h -p-y h x zwh - d y d d y -. I p-y h x h w I p h h,

Ah. T p py; , d wy y-

d, y py phy h dd, y -y xh, y p. I

w wh- pd -y d -. T y w h pyh wh L Rpy wh h Oh h I d h h h h j . Cp pyh, j d-j. I wk wy, k d, y f h dh d h p y. I kd z j p-

whh , h d p hd h y df, hh h py h h w -d y h (d wy dy.) Isaac was compassionatetoward his ather, because, as Inant, he had already been compassionate towardhis mother, apprehending her compassionate hospitality uncognizingly, and emo-tionally eel-knowing the trauma he had been to her in her bringing him to lie.

*T p d y h y ( p p /

Oh) h yd h j pyh z p, d w h j -kw y p- d hh d dd ( h hp phy d (Lph). Py p h py wh py h d p hx h hy hk p wh h x hz p- h ph . Th w hk d k p d py p, h combination thought practiced afectiveencounter-eventh , , p w. Cp y py. I h y p. P -, --d d --d d z - h p p p- xy. F h p w p p d wh w. I d h phy y pp, d I h dd h, h d h I w hd hh d dy y w p whh y h h -I. y w p wd kd

d py, h wd d dh (L), py p p wy -j kw /h kw Oh d yd y p y -j-


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xh. I h h p wy z d . A y h, hh d wh h pp, wk-hh d- y xh. I phy wh p py,

d p wh phy php hd y. Ty yd phy , d hy d j d h j whh dd h d. Ad h php wh L wh h f - h

j dd h j w h h , d p h j h h. Td h w hd p q Ah, h Ahd d d d h h p I. P-

y p p wy -j kw/ h kw Oh d yd y p y -j xh. T p p wh h - j, wh h h w(h)d h x -p. A pp k h -

j, h hd h p py. Sh j p py y wy h p h dk h I h /Oh hpy d - p wd h j kd dh

y wh h x .

*Mh wh z h p d h

wd h. Mh kw xp h p.A py p p-y hp h y xx h p wh xy p xp y,

wh x pd hzd d. C-p --p-y h h w, h x -y wh- h /Oh pyh d ph, hw hdd k x, , pyh ; p pyh d h. I-h p d p y pd-hzd ,p h h py dy h p. W k p pyh p w. I p d y,h j h - /h xy wh h hd d, y yprimal rejection y

love (B). I x - w xy zd, dh d, dd d dd h hh.R h h, wh h h d p

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p f p ph. B h d h f f pd -d h h y x w(h) y h /Oh (d -y), ph y h d xp d

jy , h I j h x -I -p d h p wh ph pd wh p h pj h h dy-d h wh wh h f p y y ph- pd d fd y h xp xyd pyh p. T -h h p phy h py h q: wh h d y dh-y wh y . T py -h y

kd y d jy. A p phy d h hw, p d x d d d- y d x . T, j h ph-ph d d d d - h. T p h-ph z p d h h h z h xy d d d Odp. Ty , h , . By z h -h, d, d d p ph, pyhy d h f

h y pyh p. Fd pjd, Odp p, h h h h, h p - h h w x d whh h h -. Fd zd h p h d phy d hh -h, h h d h p h y df hy pd (E 2006). P ph dd h pyh p , hy zd h, h hy d pp h d . Ah x dd k xp d xp, fd y y p, hy pd dh-y. Oyre p h x dp - h h wd. Wh y ph d pyhz k d ph z h h . Wh h hp L Tingdd lackd h objet a lacking, h h h d d dy h ph , h

d -h d h ,d h h . Ay hpy d hh phz y d j h ph


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h Iy h p y phdz ( h dy d h) d y fxh h h y y d y . I hx , h objeta k, h p p-

phd h h /Oh d h -j y h,pj, p d d wk h h, dk k d w .

*T h pd ( wh ) -

pd y xy (Fd 1916-17, 1919). Axy y h pd h , h (

h ph d) w h h p. S y h h pd d y y d h f, h f y h y p (- d h h pd) hy, d h d y h y p h. I , h h y wh h h d, d h h h h w, h hy h f wd d h - p. Fd d h w h h hh d h h wd h d y, h dd wh

I wh , h h h h the result o the process itsel.T y wh h y d h xy dy h py h yd d dp h h py p wh h dh/h - y dd. I hk h Gd y

whh Hw , y, Gd w (El Maleh Rakhamin).I Gd hd w, hy wd h d h y y h yd, k W h d (d h yd): Ihyourh. I y w, h d p h h w W- d p. Oy p p w wh x p dz d ph d pd d wk h, py h d d pyh h k d d h d h-y d pd. S h h wd h pyhy d pp (d dz dzd h-f h h y p y- wh), h php Gd w y d-

. H h p h h h h hdd whh, d f h y k p phy,

whh, h d h d, h h yd, wh h

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py h y h xpd, h h, h h wh h h d wh h dh

wh h yd, h p -h d h p-y p. Cy h, p h

h hp ph h d p h ,h , y phy wh p. T wy h y hdh py h p d, wh h p hd h h p.

*y, -p d -p wk dy

h pj d pj-df. I y, -p-

d -p h ph-Sy d. T -x -p w(h) d hpy y , x d. T y h- kwd h d -- wh h x dp h pyh h w () wh h wk, k h wk-hh.

*

W h h py p Eyd, wk h w-. Oph k Eyd hh h phz, h k h p p h p dd. Py p d y p h d whh h h h wd d . I wk-hh kwy j h -I /yd y py jd.I h h wy pd h q hOh, d d, d wy wh zd y h Oh d h

wd. I yd h h wy dy d whh h wd d -d y . Cp k h; wk-hh wh- fd ph p- , dk hd. Py pd h z y d h C wh p- dy d py. Cp pd

wy kw whh d h h L. W h h I p wy h hk- dzy kw h -y -I() wh- h C hh -

y p-y. h pyh-h d wh y y d -z d .y kw wh- h /Oh hd h dy


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p p h p d jy yd h Iy, -j hd d p R. I h x ph, w -y w j , h y hhd. F h , wy h

-I y p d, dpp, d d pp h z d h x py h p p --h (--). N-

w(h) wh x w wd d. A pp-p wd d. T pp . Rpy hp h wkd y w(h), whh h pp p h pp wh x w. W(h) h y -h h p h h py . Wh h

y, y d y h h d h C p d xpd, w -d-h . T I ww pyh p wd w -d d.

A p p-y d y w h -- hd kwd, hy h h E pp py d q-y d, k y dp h d pp y x y. Spp wd p dhd p-y wh pd d h d. B

y ph, Kh d; hy f p ydphy; d , phy dp. Ephy y, d hyp phy . Pyh- y d h pyhy ph --j wh h y h d p h h x j--d. T yh h y d h xp, d h ydh , py h h h y h whd p hpy. T h y d phpy q h d h y, d h, wL p, hd d h . Ih h d p d hk, wd x k h x w -p d d. Hw-, py jz x h hyd d -ph h y p . Mx w y d yd h p dd, h py h d y

h h d h y, w kwd d d d d, p wy, py h y. Wh , w wd xpd x q d d y h, w wd

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h jz . I h y k w x d, wh h p hpy,p h h h hw y z h yd py wh. M-

x d p h h p dph. M , pf pyh d q -d pfy -w h q d h pdp. Kwd h h hd pyh dp, d h h y wy wh h -dp d , p , y h h d hd, y j d py h d, y -h wh h , y d h

pd. I d -I d wy h -, - d , d h w w, h d wy h kwd h -zd. T y h kwd, whh p h p h q h f pp hq - wh h q - x w. M- phy d y h y- p h y ( A Chd B BFd hw hw h p phy h

h y). M d phy h hd d y h h hd d h d d -p , h

wd h h /Oh hd yd h p h dy-d , z h - h d - . I hp h, -wh d - -d ddd wh whh p -ph . U pyhy hp,

wh h w w -y pp, wh hy h p h yd wh d y h , kd , -x E h -h y. T h d h h hz hpp w wh h py x dpd -hd. I d -I - y, d h py hpyh d d - p- kwd d p d. W y pk y-

d d h ph. I py-h -h, h I w wh d pyh-h d pyh--h wh h h hz h -I dy d


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wh h h y dp. T yd d dw wh y wh z d--- w k d--pxy, d wh -x - p, k h p , pyh-h

jz . Byd h y h kwd d hp p h w, h h p h p-h p d h y d h w hq h hy d d y -, h py h - jpyh d d p p. Wh d d py hy pk -p-y whI d -I h hd ph wh h -I -

py h ph wh h I pyp. W h h wh pyh fd d-pyh w, q, , h h w pd -dy hd pd -. I d w wh h hd fd, p d f-, y y y p, d h y hd.

*

I h x - h y --pd wh p hpy pdd y -

jz . Wh x p-j d d -, h jz d -. T -I dw d h h /Oh, p h wh j. Ip d dy kd kwd h wk hh d h h d h p . J-- h hdd wh h py; p- h: h wk . G y dpd h -I (y, /Oh) h w h w h h d hd wh hhhp wd h wh- pd-pyh-p. T x d xpd y p hp-y d h h h d h -, whh h y d - h pd d . I

h whh w d h hd h d h d hd h hk. T x d p p fd kwd

wh h h d h h whh h h kwd -

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zd wh- h I. I y hd y -d -qh d y pp jz d y hp hpy /Oh -I h y hwk h d pyh-h . I h x -

j dp, p p h d pyh-h ph hh . M/Ohy p. Hw, d hy h d z w h. I x dp, k w -y ph py, d k p hpy ph z. Ay-p qh x -p- hpy wh h d h d d y-pd h z h d h pyh d

d d d d d. I d -I- h d p p h - . T pyh-h d h h j wd d wd, d qh, d h yy h p d y.Mx p hpy E h h py hh d h j pyh p py

wh h h d y p f d d - j p y d py, j wh

y . T y h yd dpdd p h p, py ( h d h kwd) d d ( wp, pp, hzd h). T k h y yd h d h d h p d h wd h Oh h wd. I x -p hpy h w(h) wh : h p d h

wd, h d h h wh- -p. T dy d h -py qh w - h w h y pyh-hp d h -.

IIIT h . . . h py h h wh . . . h dp h , dy , h wd. I phz dy , hy, . . . wh . (E wh L 1991-1993,pd h). Ad h dp h f h j

h p L. T L eminine jz y. T h y pp d p dy, d h h h h


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d that eminine whh h d hhy z h h subjectby which it is afrmed that without me the world hasmeaning (Id). I h x dp h f py hd y ppd wh py -f

, h h -I h y q h h I. T, wd wh wd p, h x,h y h -I y h I d, d dw wd whh -Oh h d E. Wh L wk dy h h h d h h Oh d h F, wh d h hd dy h, wh J.-F. Lyd (2004) d Gd Pk(Pk 2002, 2006, 2006) h h hd h ph pd

d y . Lyd z h d y h y d Pk d wh h. Sh d h d . F , h pyh-h yd h I p - h /Oh h h y pyh-h p-h -jp wh- - /Ohy. Hw, h h q hx E dy d hp d pyhy

wk-hh (h y wk). T p hpy

h y h y py d h hE p wh -p p d h p d

wh h x dp: d h y dy py hd y p, d h d h yd. T p (py /Oh) hp-h y d h y k, ph d pp, d h pj h /Ohph whh d h -y h wd j h h p h h w p wd --sidentaly.

Received 2006 11 10

Accepted 2006 11 30

Bracha L. Ettinger, 2006.

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Emmanuel Levinas in conversation itBraca Lictenberg-Ettinger

Bracha Lichtenberg-Ettinger: I k y y Eyd q-. Y w h kw h h y, dh h d h h f y h. -

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1 Conversational exchanges and remarks gathered by B. Lichtenberg - Ettinger 1993. Tis text, whichis part o a uture publication, established rom recorded conversations in 1991-1993, was reviewed andcorrected by E. Levinas and B.L.E.. A frst limited edition o part o this text, entitled ime is the Breatho the Spirit(250 numbered copies, with photographs o E.L. taken by B.L.E. during the conversa-tions, signed by both authors) was published or the frst time in 1993 byTe Museum o Modern Art(MOMA), Oxord and appeared in Hebrew in Iyyun, 43, 1994 and in French inAthanor, 5, 1994. Tistext appeared in Hebrew under the title: Te Feminine is this Unheard o Diference, artists book, 1994.Bracha L. Ettingers Que dirait Eurydice? A conversation with Emmanuel Levinas was reprined inFrench in Barca!8, Paris, 1997. Te English translation by C. Ducker and J. Simas hereby reprintedappeared alongside the French original in the edition o BLE Atelier , Paris, 1997, to coincide with theKabinetexhibition at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

2 Levinas, E., otality and Infnity, trans. A. Lingis, Duquesne University Press, 1969, p. 44.

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h d d kd d hy dy3 d h

h kd h h h F. W h h h p h dh d h between twodeaths Eyd, h h h hp w dpp dh d h .

Emmanuel Levinas: B k y w h j h d h .

B.L.E. : O h y, I h y phphy w d k d d h y h ,d h w h y y d p h .

E.L. : A d y h d d xhh h ; y w kd, hy w y h y h d h h. I wd y y -d, y h d. Y , h h kd ...

B.L.E. : Ad w h wh wh dy p. I y x p, wh -p h y dy d, h h d x,d h d y, h , h dd dpd-

d. Wh , y h d h wh whh h h p , whh k p.

3 Ibid.p.129.

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T wh d h . I h, I h py - p pp . I p h f- -x: h h/ f w.I h y p w p h wy h

whh h p h d w.E.L. : T bracha Bh ... [h] [bracha Hw

]B.L.E. : Y h pk y h ,

d h h x d kd h d w y -d d xy?

E.L. : I d pp xy d y h wy. T - h h h h . T

h d w. O h py d dd, zd p wy, dd, p . T hw y y wd. My q- d k whh h h dd h. Ad hh y d h h h yh py h Oh.

B.L.E. : I Hw, h acher, Oh haacher, d py achraiut kd y h : a.ch.r.

E.L. : h whh y-

y h p. h achraiutacher y y h h h h, d h j w. h d w h x h p py . h, , h y p-y y h h h d wh h xy h Oh. F w , h Oh h p . Rpy h h h pd h h . I h p h h h h p.

B.L.E. : S d x d, h p- h Oh hh w, h d hpy, h h d w wh h Oh?

E.L. : T wh y I. F h d d- w h dd h y d h y hayehidut h. My p h y , hpw y I h py h h - h h h yphphy. I py d h d h

hh, I h xp h h. Whh y, h d d h h h hh; I phz h h d whh h

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h xp dy . Nh p h d h d h h whh hh Oh fd zd. T d , h d h F...

B.L.E. : I h p hpy whh h pwd h dy d h d, h d w d w h py.

E.L. : T h, Bh. B, wh dd y y ?... O h d la bracha. O y h: bevakasha, bevakasha,tikansi, tikansi[Hw: p, p, , ] la bracha d d d, h d wh h w d, h p! Hw d yy p Hw?

B.L.E. : Y y p... [h] B, wh wk , wh I d wh y py jk?E.L. : I y p . Y k h -

py I p y y k y h , y wd whd. B wh , h h kp, h pd xh. Y w fd h ph wh w h d p, j; h h .

Phphy d wh h ph. Phphy , whh h h d pdx. Ad

wh h hdd. B , w dw, xh w fhd h w p .

Wh h w h? O xh d-... Exh ... T k (propos) h d...Rk wh q? , . Rk wh p, y...Rk wh d [Propos sans discours], h ! Rk whd k wh py! S h wd p h wh , h h wd j -h. I h fhd whh h .

I w h h h . T wh , h . T d,h p. Ad w h whh .

B.L.E. : L k h ? Y w h h d-y h p x d.

E.L. : I h p d w,x d p.

B.L.E. : I y wk, j -y-

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E.L. :Od lo neemar. Od yavo. (Hw: y d, y ).B.L.E. : Id k k y q h y h .

A p y pk h h h h.E.L. : I h wd: hw . A h d-

.B.L.E. : I k ph kd dpp.

N fxd y h z. F , h Mx, kd whdw/ [rtirance] h h d wh kw h.

I h y h h p h fy x?Wh wd Eyd y?C h j-w h pd h ?E.L. : T h . T ph,

y y d h wd, hw I y y? - h dy; , h dy w y p. I pk h py hh wh . I hk h h h h h, h dp

h , dy , h wd. I phz dying, h y,uture.B.L.E. : Dpp wh ?

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E.L. : ... wh .W h y , h y . I h h

py whh y h h h h p h y w, h h dh h h p h y w dh, h h Oh , h h Oh I d, h h h Oh pd .

I h , h wh h hpp . Ad h y dh.B.L.E. : T h dp h h py?

O h h h hp?E.L. : Y, h h kdusha [Hw : ].

Ad h h h py a world withoutme; wd whh h wh .

B w wd dp h d w wd. My p dd. T k p-h. O h hk h I y h w h dpp, h h w w h ... O h y, hy wd, d w j dp dd... [h]

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B.L.E. : O h y, y w h whhw k wy h; symbolicpp , h- p. T d dpp h k h d p h d k h d.

Wh w k h , h hp h kw p h Oh, h hp h Ohkw p p d ? y d h kd d y dpd otalit et Inni[otality and Innity]: h kwdd hp wh h Oh; h h wd h Oh h d . Wh I k h h y h d h p...

E.L. : T y y w.

Fy, h h p. B p h reallyp. F , h p hwhh w f p d h . B h P p whh h p. I h hp h F, h w h, h h, h I h I dy dd h.

I Yddh h wy y . D y kw Yddh? Ij d y h d dy I w h h... [h]

B.L.E. : A h , y z y d y p. Ad h , h , I z y d y ?

E.L. : Y. O k h h , y. T h h

h h.B.L.E. : S, h h P. B wh y y h h h h h d d, h y h y h; p h .

E.L. : Y y. T h d, h h -d, hd h h h y whh d h withoutme the world has meaning.

B.L.E. : I h w?E.L. : N w ... [h] Ey w

, Ad4... I h h, h h d, hd h.B.L.E. : Ad y, wh h d, yd h F

y h h py wd h whh d y h wd h whh h ? wd h wh y h wh dy dd.

E.L. : T , I d h. I y y h in reality hpp h h ph whh meshug (zy). I meshigas(z). Y d kw y Yddh...

B.L.E. : N. B meshigasI d kw... [h]E.L. : S w dp h h -

y, wd p dw y . B pdx ! I y

4 Adam:ManinHebrew,meansmanorwomanasahumanbeing.

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y k h, h w h dpp, y wh w dh meshugas(zy w), h h? I y w wh h ph,k y p.

B.L.E. : T y Eyd w w dh, ,

h dpp... h f Eyd - y d py hk .Eyd wk p -d h whh -d. T z Eyd h d wh h p p, dy h z Oph, p d f h h . Y w h w h h p y d h h Oh, h , whdw yy.5 S wh Eyd d wh h d y p h, kd h d h h h h, I

p h p paintorial, p wk. W- w - , p whdw/ .

E.L. : T, y w, y y wh p. Y y , , y fd y , h k wk.

B.L.E. : I h tsimtsoum [Hw: /d] , h h h h Eh y h hd I hkHumanisme de lAutre Homme (Humanism o the Other Man) php h w pd wk...

E.L. : I Humanisme de lAutre HommeI y h f ph hh. I y , p w, I h pk y h.I d h h p.

Wh p h f h h dp -hp h F h p . My hp h Oh . T h hp h Oh p .

I Fh w h h wd xp maintenant: w, h p.Main-tenant: hd hd. T p pd h hd - wh

wk, k, pphd, dd (com-prendre). How[Hw: p] h hd-hd: ma shenichnas layad[Hw: h whh h hd].I h y, kw , k k y h

hd, h p d h h p, d h Oh hS. T d h d h p d hp whh Oh. A I d y : h F h Oh, I dyd; h d y h/h, d h hdd.

Ad h, h h d h , , hpwh h w h y; . I h py -

h h ywithout me. B h h h yp h h, y h .

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T hp h F, h Oh, is already p p dis already wh , whh y h h d h kw.

Ad h p. Ad h p .I h , h hy ; y p d y p.

Ad y dh h w. Ad h: wh p, wh p, d h .

, , dy h h h h p h h . O h h h p.

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Translated from French by Joseph Simas and Carolyn Ducker

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