Does Levinas with his il y a come close to the nothingness of Sartre and Heidegger? Does he see humanity over an abyss? Is the "before being" a metaphysical...
Hello: For Levinas, the there is is being in general without reference to any particulars. He describes the there is as anonymous, as lacking particulars....
Hi, I have been thinking about the il y a and self as well, especially about the phenomenology of existents, living-being, something prior to human subject. ...
I would advise you not to try to understand Levinas' ideas through the lense of his contemporaries because you will be trying to fit him into a structure that...
*Colloque international: “Maurice Blanchot et la philosophie”* *13 au 15 mai 2008 à l'Université de Paris X – Nanterre * Organisé par: Eric Hoppenot...
David Hansel
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Table ronde autour d'ouvrages récemment parus sur Emmanuel Levinas. *ASSOCIATION POUR LA CÉLÉBRATION DU CENTENAIRE D'EMMANUEL LEVINAS « UN SIÈCLE AVEC...
David Hansel
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In trying to understand Levinas' "Good before being", could it be understood phenomenologically that compassion is prior to consciousness. In other words, is...
I think if you want to know what the phrase "Good before being" means you have to understand the fundamental ethics by Emmanuel Levinas. His philosophy is...
It would be interesting to find out how Levinas (or, a levinasian) would view Jesus's teaching: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to...
Yes, of course responsibility goes that far. But such a profound (or absurd) teaching needs to be read carefully. First, it refers to one's own enemies, not...
Helen Douglas
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I found the book "The Wisdom of Love in the service of love" by Roger Burggraeve very helpful in discussing these kinds of questions. He always qualifies what...
I think Michael Purcell's Levinas and Theology (Cambridge University Press, 2006) [ISBN 0521012805] addresses some of these issues. See also Adriaan...
I would be interested in knowing what some of you think would be Levinas' critique of or reaction to the new spirituality promoted by "Opra" led by such as...
I'm not familiar with this "new American Spirituality" you speak of, but I know something about what Levinas would say. First of all, in Totality and...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help me with these two concepts. Is there any difference between exteriority and alterity? and if alterity is the absolute...
Levinas' interest in the nature of time belongs to his earlier work, particularly as described in 'Time and the Other'. It can be seen as a continuation of...
Hi, Perhaps if you read a book of Levinas about your subject, you could receive an answer. I think in his excellent book "Difficile Liberte" ( I don't know the...
Francis Weismann
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Hello Shokoufeh: It appears to me that for Levinas "exteriority" is another word for "transcendence". Transcendence, for Levinas, is accomplished only in...
Thanks Sheldon, this was very helpful and saved me from a huge mistake. Now I have more questions. Here is my confusion: 1) In E.&E. we have the existent,...
Hi again Shokoufeh: Your questions are good ones; I took a few days to think my response over. I think it would be wise not to assume that the "there is"...
Helen, I really appreciate your diligence in reading Matthew and your clarity in response below. Devorah Devorah Wainer devorah.wainer@... +61 (0)438...
Helen, I really appreciate your diligence in reading Matthew and your clarity in response below. Devorah Devorah Wainer devorah.wainer@... +61 (0)438...
En primer lugar la inquietud de Devorah es auténtica, no se trata de un intimismo como dice el Señor García, solo recordemos que Jesús para nada fue un...
now i have a lot to chew on. thanks again ... From: Sheldon <sheldonhanlon@...> Subject: Re: [levinas] Re: Levinas's exterroirity and interiority To:...
Sorry, Mr. Hernandez, I don't speak or read Spanish. Maybe if you care to interpret/translate. I do notice your last sentence, i.e., "Sorry Mr. Garcia...."...
Dear Mr. Garcia we are at halfway, because you don't speak and don't read English and I don't write in your Langauge. I thought that your are Spanish-speaking...
Since Levinas was a philosopher and religious thinker, one approach to understanding what he meant by 'Good before being' would be by considering the First...
Hi, I'm trying to follow the idea of consuming in Levinas by tracking his language of "eating"; for example, his frequent invocation of the mouth / orality,...
... Raul, I think you're very much correct to see the Christian parallel. Levinas has always attempted a certain dialogue with Christianity. His 1935 ...
My take on it is that the hard core of the ego-self is pierced, upended, "fissioned", by the call and claim of the other for my taking responsibility...giving...
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