only on the basis of philosophical positions that exclude all bridges between subject and object. In such a view, whatever does not come from the subject can only be a heteronomous imposition. If we start from the anthropology of conscience, which we have gradually attempted to explore in these reflections, the question must be posed in a completely different fashion. The anamnesis which is given to us and is inherent in our being needs help from outside in order that it may become aware of its own