The whole previous reflection on the first meaning of the verb “to use” gives us only a negative solution to the problem of the proper relation to the person. The person may not be either exclusively or first and foremost an object of use, because the role of a blind tool or a means to an end intended by another subject is contrary to the nature of the person. In turn, when we seek a positive solution to the same problem, then love appears—but only, so to speak, at
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