Max Scheler's Conception of the Other
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philosophy. Starting from a critique of Theodor Lipps' empathy theory, Scheler holds that "Einsflung" (feeling of unity) is the original
connection between the self and the Other, emphasizing the Other as a co-existent subject with equal ontological status. Human perception
of the Other has a priori evidence, and self-consciousness arises from alienation from the Other. Based on phenomenology of emotion, he
classifies communities into four forms: the mass, the community of life, society, and the collective person. The Church, as the highest form
of the collective person, achieves existential identity between individuals and the Other through spiritual love. This theory reconstructs the
self-Other ontological relationship around "emotional co-existence, " offering a unique phenomenological path for modern philosophy's
intersubjective turn.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/rcha.v3i12.8620
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