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Emmanuel

Levinas

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BIOGRAPHY

PHILOSOPHY

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Levinabiograp

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: January121906

Kovno,RussianEmpire

DIED:December2,199!a"e#

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Levinaphilosop

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PHILOSOPHY

His work is based on

the ethics of the Otheror E!HIC

as a PHILO"OPHY#

Otheris not knowab$e and

cannot be %ade into an ob&ect ofthe se$f' as is done b(

traditiona$ %eta)h(sics

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PHILOSOPHY

)refers to think of

)hi$oso)h( as the *wisdo%of $o+e* rather than the

$o+e of wisdo% ,the $itera$

Greek %eanin- of the word*)hi$oso)h(*./

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PHILOSOPHY

res)onsibi$it( )recedes an(

*ob&ecti+e searchin- aftertr0th*/

deri+es the )ri%ac( of his

ethics fro% the e1)erience of

the enco0nter with the Other/

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PHILOSOPHY

irred0cib$e re$ation' the

e)i)han(' of the face2to2face'the enco0nter with another' is

a )ri+i$e-ed )heno%enon in

which the other )erson3s

)ro1i%it( and distance are

both stron-$( fe$t/

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PHILOSOPHY

*!he Other

)recise$(reveals

hi%se$f inhis a$terit( not in a shock

ne-atin- the I' b0t as the

)ri%ordia$ )heno%enon of

-ent$eness/*

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PHILOSOPHY

the re+e$ation of the face

%akes a de%and' this de%and

is before one can e1)ress' orknow one3s freedo%' to affir%

or den(/

One instant$( reco-ni4es the

transcendence and

heterono%( of the Other/

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PHILOSOPHY

!ota$it( and Infinit(/

res)onsibi$it( for the other isrooted within o0r s0b&ecti+e

constit0tion/

"5B6EC!I7I!Y

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)ri%ordia$$( ethica$' not

theoretica$8 that is to sa(' o0r

res)onsibi$it( for the other isnot a deri+ati+e feat0re of o0r

s0b&ecti+it(' b0t

instead' foundso0r s0b&ecti+ebein-2in2the2wor$d b( -i+in- it a

%eanin-f0$ direction and

orientation/

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PHILOSOPHY

*E!HIC" A" FIR"!

PHILO"OPHY*' %eans that the

traditiona$ )hi$oso)hica$ )0rs0itof know$ed-e

is secondar( to a basic ethica$

d0t( to the other/ !o %eet theOther is

to ha+e the idea of Infinit(

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