Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas
Born
Emmanuelis Levinas

12 January 1906, O.S. 30 December 1905
Died25 December 1995(1995-12-25) (aged 89)[2]
Clichy, France
EducationUniversity of Freiburg (no degree)
University of Strasbourg (Dr, 1929)
University of Paris (DrE, 1961)
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Existential phenomenology[1]
Jewish philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity 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.

  1. ^ Andris Breitling, Chris Bremmers, Arthur Cools (eds.), Debating Levinas’ Legacy, Brill, 2015, p. 128.
  2. ^ 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/>.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Another form of the surname is Lévinas according to Levinas.fr, Universalis.fr and Britannica.com.
  5. ^ The pronunciation is the same whether the name is written Levinas or Lévinas.