Emmanuel Levinas

1906–1995 (age 89)

Biography

Emmanuel Levinas (born Emanuelis Levinas ; 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.

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