Emmanuel Levinas | |
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| Born | Emmanuelis Levinas 12 January 1906, O.S. 30 December 1905 |
| Died | 25 December 1995 (aged 89)[2] Clichy, France |
| Education | University of Freiburg (no degree) University of Strasbourg (Dr, 1929) University of Paris (DrE, 1961) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Existential phenomenology[1] Jewish philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Poitiers University of Paris University of Fribourg |
Main interests | Ethics · metaphysics · ontology · Talmud · theology |
Notable ideas | "The Other" · "The Face" |
Emmanuel Levinas[3][4] (/ˈlɛvɪnæs/; French: [ɛmanɥɛl levinas];[5] 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology.
- ^ Andris Breitling, Chris Bremmers, Arthur Cools (eds.), Debating Levinas’ Legacy, Brill, 2015, p. 128.
- ^ Bergo, Bettina, "Emmanuel Levinas", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2015 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2015/entries/levinas/>.
- ^ L'anachronisme constitutif de l'existence juive – Nonfiction.fr: "Première remarque, sans doute à l'humour décalé : l'auteur de ces lignes a toujours entendu Emmanuel Levinas réclamer que l'on écrive son nom correctement, c'est-à-dire sans accent." Larousse.fr also employs the non-accented form.
- ^ Another form of the surname is Lévinas according to Levinas.fr, Universalis.fr and Britannica.com.
- ^ The pronunciation is the same whether the name is written Levinas or Lévinas.