Abstract

Philosophy is not solely content with deciphering the world. Scientists do that well. Hence it is not by chance that all those who give their time to philosophical reflection acknowledge in it an ambition that transcends the mere progress of knowledge. There is philosophy only because there is “play” in Being. In other words, there is invariably question in it of a certain freedom and of a certain distance. One may accordingly ask if the role of the philosopher is not above all to be a “witness”.