Emmanuel Levinas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Emmanuel Levinas
Occupation	Philosopher
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1906(1906-01-12)
Age	118
Date Of Death	December 25, 1995, Paris, France
Country	Lithuania
Horoscope	Capricorn

Emmanuel Levinas Biography

Emmanuel Levinas is one of the most popular and richest Philosopher who was born on January 12, 1906 in Lithuania. French philosopher who is most well-known by his works on topics such as Jewish philosophy and existentialism.

He was a student at Strasbourg University where philosopher He studied at Strasbourg University where philosopher Michel Villey once taught. once taught.

The son of his father Michael Levinas was a famous composer.

Emmanuel Levinas Net Worth

Emmanuel Levinas is one of the richest Philosopher from Lithuania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Emmanuel Levinas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was enrolled at Strasbourg University in 1924 where he began his studies in philosophy.

He was a prisoner of war for the duration time of World War II as a prisoner of war and was held without his consent in a prison close to Hannover.

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Emmanuel Ranked on the list of most popular Philosopher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Lithuania. Emmanuel Levinas celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.

What was Emmanuel Levinas theory?

Levinas’ theory of responsibility is an ontological or fundamental ethics in that it asserts how things are rather than how they should be. The most positive aspect of the theory is the conception of subjectivity that emerges from this critique and the argument for the possibility of transcendence it entails.

What is Levinas famous for?

Levinas is famous for his reflections on ethics , which centre on such themes as the face of the other person, infinite ethical responsibility, and the trace of God. If we believe Jean-Luc Marion’s provocative claim, Levinas is, along with Bergson, one of the two greatest French philosophers of the 20th Century (p.

Did Levinas believe in God?

Levinas has the notions of God as the infinite, unknowable, unsayable and unsignifiable. God is the Unknown and the Absolute Other. He is Otherwise than being. For him, there should be no attempt to thematize God because of His transcendence.

What is the other Emmanuel Levinas?

Lévinas holds that the primacy of ethics over ontology is justified by the “face of the Other.” The “alterity,” or otherness, of the Other, as signified by the “face,” is something that one acknowledges before using reason to form judgments or beliefs about him.

What Levinas argue?

Levinas argued that we can approach death as possibility only through that of others and that we grasp being as finite by way of their mortality.