Of course we do not live in order to eat, but it is not really true to say that we eat in order to live; we eat because we are hungry. Desire has no further intentions behind it... it is… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
Love remains a relation with the Other that turns into need, transcendent exteriority of the other, of the beloved. But love goes beyond the beloved... The possibility of the Other appearing as an object of a need while retaining his… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it. — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
Memory as an inversion of historical time is the essence of interiority. — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
“A fine risk is always something to be taken in philosophy. ... Philosophy thus arouses a drama between philosophers and an intersubjective movement which… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
“This world, in which reason is more and more at home, is not habitable. It is hard and cold like those depots in which… — Emmanuel Lévinas Copy Share Image
Of course we do not live in order to eat, but it is not really true to say that we eat in order to… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
“The true life is absent.' But we are in the world. Metaphysics arises and is maintained in this alibi.” — Emmanuel Lévinas Copy Share Image
Love remains a relation with the Other that turns into need, transcendent exteriority of the other, of the beloved. But love goes beyond the… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
“La relación con lo Otro me pone en cuestión, me vacía de mí mismo y no deja de vaciarme, descubriéndome en tal modo con… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being? — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
“To approach the Other in conversation is to welcome his expression, in which at each instant he overflows the idea a thought would carry… — Emmanuel Levinas Copy Share Image
![“I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with everything that burdens love or, i could say it better, responsibility is actually love, as Pascal said: 'without concupiscence' [without lust]... love exists without worrying being…” quote by Emmanuel Levinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/83d/emmanuel-levinas-26126_being-loved_i-will-say-this-quite-plainly-what-truly_532817.jpg)
