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OF
BENVENISTE'S DISCUSSION
OF PRESENCE AND THE SECOND PERSON,
NOW I THINK OF READING JABÈS DIFFERENTLY,
NOT AS A DECEASED PETITIONER FOR RECOGNITION,
BUT AS A CO-PRESENT INTERLOCUTOR, AS
SOMEONE SITTING IN A ROOM
WITH HIS FELLOW.

WHAT HE WOULD
THEN BE SAYING IS THAT "I" COMES INTO BEING,
IS, IN THE ACT OF LISTENING AND NOT (OR NOT NECESSARILY SO MUCH)
IN THE ACT OF SPEAKING.

WE ARE USED TO
THINKING OF HUMANITY "THE SPEAKING ANIMAL;"
DOES OUR SURVIVAL REQUIRE THAT WE LEARN TO
BECOME LISTENING
ANIMALS?
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