“The true life is absent.' But we are in the world. Metaphysics arises and is maintained in this alibi.” — Emmanuel Lévinas Copy Share Image
Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable. — 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)
