ABSTRACT
Perceiving can never be made universal, at least in the sense that perception remains tied to the singularity of an encounter, of a being in presence. When sensation is pleasant, it inspires longing and appropriation. If it is unpleasant, it provokes flight, contempt, and rejection. Sensibility is maintained at the level of the untrained senses, of the elementary instincts. Perceiving does not become an occasion for cultivation, for thought: it is annulled in sensation. In the absence of a "not", in immediate affection towards the other as well as in blind faith in him, the to be closes itself in the form of being. It might be that this is necessary, in order to avoid the loss of energy in its entirety, but it should remain a pause, a hypothesis for safeguarding this energy and what already exists in the journey towards the other.
