The Death of the Other and My Fragility
Reflections from Paul Ricoeur
Abstract
Based on Paul Ricoeur’s ideas, we will formulate the question about death. Doing so it will lead us to ask ourselves about the death of the other. Denying the possibility of obtaining certainties about our own death, beyond its inevitability, we will recognize that the question of death is a question for the living. Contemplating it will mean thinking about the others and what we share with them. In our nature, we will find the basis for the need to appeal to others. I need them to face me, to value me, and through it to recognize my own humanity. In the presence of the death of others, that kind of relationship is broken. It abandons me, taking with them the possibility of my recognition. That situation finds another way in the memory we share with others. Bringing all these issues together it will help us to better characterize the question of death from our perspective of fragility.
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