Emmanuel L evinas

BIOGRA P

HY

Y H P O S PHILO

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BIOGRAPHY
1906 2 1 ry a u n a J : N BOR pire Kovno, Russian Em "e# !a 9 9 1 , 2 r e b m DIED: Dece $9% &aris, 'rance op*y s o i, * & ry )u n e + )* ER(: 20 p*y o s o i, * & rn )e s e . RE-ION: op*y s o i, * & , )a n e n )i n o /+0OO1: +

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Levinas philosoph

PHILOSOPHY
His work is based on the ethics of the Other or E!HIC as a PHILO"OPHY# Other is not knowab$e and cannot be %ade into an ob&ect of the se$f' as is done b( traditiona$ %eta)h(sics

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)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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res)onsibi$it( )recedes an( *ob&ecti+e searchin- after tr0th*/ deri+es the )ri%ac( of his ethics fro% the e1)erience of the enco0nter with the Other/

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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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*!he Other )recise$( reveals hi%se$f in his a$terit( not in a shock ne-atin- the I' b0t as the )ri%ordia$ )heno%enon of -ent$eness/*

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the re+e$ation of the face %akes a de%and' this de%and is before one can e1)ress' or know one3s freedo%' to affir% or den(/ One instant$( reco-ni4es the transcendence and heterono%( of the Other/

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!ota$it( and Infinit(/ res)onsibi$it( for the other is rooted 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 is not a deri+ati+e feat0re of o0r s0b&ecti+it(' b0t instead' founds o0r s0b&ecti+e bein-2in2the2wor$d b( -i+in- it a %eanin-f0$ direction and orientation/

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*E!HIC" A" FIR"! PHILO"OPHY*' %eans that the traditiona$ )hi$oso)hica$ )0rs0it of know$ed-e is secondar( to a basic ethica$ d0t( to the other/ !o %eet the Other is to ha+e the idea of Infinit(

Made by: Phi$oso)h( S t reza Maira 9 Philosophy of E. I numerablesMan