Emmanuel Levinas

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20th-century philosopher French philosopher Jewish philosopher human philosopher

Emmanuel Levinas was a 20th-century French philosopher best known for his ethical philosophy that places the face-to-face encounter with the Other at the center of moral responsibility.

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Emmanuel Levinas canonical 12
Emmanuelis Levinas 1
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instanceOf 20th-century philosopher ⓘ
French philosopher ⓘ
Jewish philosopher ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
birthName Emmanuel Levinas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emmanuelis Levinas
centralConcept ethical relation to the Other ⓘ
primacy of ethics over ontology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1906-01-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-12-25 ⓘ
employer La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Sorbonne

Université Paris Nanterre ⓘ
surface form: Université de Paris Nanterre

Université de Poitiers ⓘ
ethnicGroup Lithuanian Jew ⓘ
familyName Emmanuel Levinas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Levinas
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
givenName Emmanuel ⓘ
influenced Jacques Derrida ⓘ
Jean-François Lyotard ⓘ
Jean-Luc Marion ⓘ
Paul Ricoeur ⓘ
contemporary ethics ⓘ
influencedBy Edmund Husserl ⓘ
Franz Rosenzweig ⓘ
Jewish scripture ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
Talmudic tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement continental philosophy ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
notableIdea ethics as first philosophy ⓘ
face-to-face relation ⓘ
il y a (there is) ⓘ
infinite responsibility for the Other ⓘ
substitution ⓘ
the Other as ethical priority ⓘ
notableWork Existence and Existents ⓘ
Nine Talmudic Readings ⓘ
Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence ⓘ
Time and the Other ⓘ
Totality and Infinity ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kaunas ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
surface form: present-day Lithuania
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Raïssa Levinas ⓘ
warExperience World War II prisoner of war in Germany ⓘ

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Søren Kierkegaard → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Martin Heidegger → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Fear and Trembling → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Maurice Merleau-Ponty → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Martin Buber → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Jewish philosophy → hasNotableFigure → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Edmund Husserl → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Maurice Blanchot → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Emmanuel Levinas → birthName → Emmanuel Levinas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emmanuelis Levinas
Emmanuel Levinas → familyName → Emmanuel Levinas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levinas
phenomenology → keyFigure → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Being and Time → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Frygt og Bæven → influenced → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ
Continental philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Emmanuel Levinas ⓘ