From question to answer, from metaphysics to religion

The following essay advances the thesis that metaphysics is, above all, a domain of ultimate questions, to which answers can be provided in the most profound way by religion (Judeo-Christianity). The metaphysics referred to is post-Kantian, a metaphysics that does not claim the right to the objectivity of the natural sciences. The initial assumption of such an understanding of metaphysics is that made by Gabriel Marcel, who claims that reality constitutes a mystery, not a problem. The acceptance of reality as a mystery awakens a definite desire in a man, a desire for the Other, that is fulfilled in meeting another man. The meeting has both a metaphysical and ethical status, since metaphysics is strictly related to ethics and inherent to it (Emmanuel Lévinas). Metaphysics as ethics awakens disinterested kindness in a man, but also hope that the result may be an opening towards transcendence and religious faith.