The First-Person Singular
Patrycja MIKULSKA
John Paul II Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland , PolandAbstract
The essay addresses questions related to the solitude human beings experience in the boundary situations of birth and death. The author analyzes some of the meanings of the claim that man is born and dies alone. The discussion has been inspired by, among others, Blaise Pascal’s reflection on the human being as a thinking reed, Jacques Lacan’s concept of the mirror phase, as well as by Plato’s Phaedo and the description, provided by Alfred Delp, a Jesuit sentenced to death for resistance against the Nazis during World War II, of his experience before the imminent execution.
Keywords:
solitude, boundary situations, birth, death, the thinking reed, the mirror phase, Phaedo, Alfred DelpMIKULSKA, P. . (2023). Pierwsza osoba liczby pojedynczej. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 35(3 (139). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/ethos/article/view/16438
Patrycja MIKULSKA
John Paul II Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
John Paul II Institute, Faculty of Philosophy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
