Emmanuel Levinas
Emmanuel Levinas | |
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| Born | Emanuelis Levinas 12 January 1906, O.S. 30 December 1905 |
| Died | 25 December 1995 (aged 89) Clichy, France |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Freiburg (no degree) University of Strasbourg (Dr, 1929) University of Paris (DrE, 1961) |
| Maurice Pradines | |
Other advisors | Martin Heidegger Edmund Husserl |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Continental philosophy Existential phenomenology 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 (born Emanuelis Levinas /ˈlɛvɪnɑːs/; French: [ɛmanɥɛl levinas]; 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.