本文在兩種學理資源，即列維納斯和馬里翁的現象學與伽達默爾的詮釋學之間的論辯中，來展開對奥古斯丁「內在之言」學說的理解。伽達默爾認為，如果人內在地有所言說，那是因為人已經在先地受到了存在通過語言對他的召喚。伽達默爾詮釋學運行於存在－語言－理解的三位一體中。而馬里翁和列維納斯則在存在的召喚之外來思考語言問題。他們揭示出，在存在能夠通過語言對人進行召喚之前，愛已經在召喚著人。愛先於存在，溢出了存在，奠基了存在，這就是愛洛斯還原。

This article puts the understanding of Augustine's thesis of inner word in the phenomenological debate between Gadamer and Marion. As Gadamer says, if man says an inner word, it is because he is called by Being through language. Gadamer's hermeneutics operates in the trinity of Being-language-understanding. But Marion and Levinas understand the problem of language outside Being. They articulate that before Being reaches man, love already touches him. Love comes before Being, exceeds Being, and establishes Being. That's what we call Erotic reduction.