Crossing the River Anthology of Humanities · From Existence to the Existent

Author: Emmanuel Levinas (France)
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Supported by the "Foucault" Hundred Books Program of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in China. From Existence to the Existent: In essence, existence is strange; it strikes us, like darkness, enveloping us tightly, suffocating us, causing immense suffering, yet offering no answer. It is the evil of existence. If philosophy is the questioning of existence, then it already entails a confession of existence. If philosophy is more than just this questioning, it is because it allows us to transcend it rather than answer it. Transcending the questioning of existence does not yield a truth, but rather goodness. — Emmanuel Levinas