Abstract

This article aims to interrogate the pathos of life and existence, from the study of the works of Michel Henry and Henri Maldiney. This attempt to extend reason by recapturing the affective dimension of life (Henry) or existence (Maldiney) has guided phenomenology to a reflection on the absolute immanence or on the opening towards the event of meaning proper to existence. In this way, we will ask ourselves what phenomenology (Henry or Maldiney) is better appropriated the task of extending the reason to the dimension of feeling and affectivity.