The Formal Reason of the Infinite
Proceeding from the realization of a kind of universality of the infinite present in most sciences, Marion develops a notion of the infinite as incomprehensibility, which he shows to be a defining and positive feature of the infinite. The infinite absolutely surpasses us. But this applies not only to the divine, but also to humans: humans are gods inasmuch as they bear the divine image and as a painting is called after the master who executed it. Christians have a responsibility to preserve this incomprehensibility of the other. We should never objectify the other, but instead defend the irreducibility of humanity as essentially incomprehensible and inexpressible in concepts.