This text from March 1990 offers a critical reflection on scientific anthropology and its treatment of man as a subject of investigation. Drawing a parallel with theology as described by Ludwig Feuerbach, the author argues that by making humanity its object, anthropology inevitably creates a divide between the researching subject and the researched object. This separation leads to a profound contradiction that necessitates a philosophical critique. The central inquiry focuses on what is omitted or lost when a human being is transformed into a scientific object. Philosophy is tasked with questioning which aspects of the human subject can never be fully captured within an objective image of man. The text suggests that the subjective essence of humanity remains elusive to purely scientific methodologies. By highlighting this inherent limitation, the author invites a deeper exploration of the ontological boundaries of anthropology and the potential reductionism involved in treating human existence as a mere target of empirical study, thereby emphasizing the irreducibility of the human subject.