Qui est l’Autre ?
Who is the Other?

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this paper is to give several answers to the fundamental question Who is the other? In other words, it seeks to explain what I mean when I say “the other”. The method consists in shifting the question outwards and inwards in relation to the philosophical tradition, science and poetry. It entails adopting a bird’s eye view on a broad thematic which demands various inter- and pluri-disciplinary perspectives. The logical structure is the historical breakthrough in which, at every step, new answers are given to the primary question, like in Ravel’s Bolero, or in a mantra, making possible both a historical and a circular advancement. In the third part I express a proposal from my own philosophical perspective, in relation with geometry, quantum physics and art. I conclude with the design of a possible emergency exit for the present situation of the world.

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