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Other (n.) shows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠you what lies neglected in yourself — why do you look to him?

Other (n.) whom ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠we expect to do our task for us turn out to be people just like us, only expert at passing the buck.

The Other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by nature the adversary that resists harmony: Plato's god had to force the Different into union with the Same when he mixed the world-soul.

The Other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠found within: facing the unconscious means admitting an alien will inside oneself, which the alchemists named Mercurius, duplex, "capable of both."

Other (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be met only in human form: what seems a bird to you is a serpent to him, and what seems a serpent to you is a bird to him.

The Other (n.) pushes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠away from the One in order to exist at all, while the One clings to it so as not to lose itself; their tension is released only in a third.

Other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only thing that leads beyond oneself — so the true way leads not upward but to the depths, from seriousness into the laughable, from the pure into the impure.

The Other (n.) remains ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at bottom a stranger, even the man we know best who swears we understand him through and through; the best we can do is respect his otherness and not interpret it.

The Other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠worth coming to terms with inside oneself, because it shows aspects of our nature we would let nobody else show us and would never have admitted ourselves; writing it down guards against self-deception.

Other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no stepping stone for our feet: the need for redemption disguises itself as an increased need to love and make others happy — if we had already reached our purpose, the other would leave us cold.