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 Assistance 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 us immense pain, yet not giving us an answer. It is the evil of existence. If philosophy is the questioning of existence, then it already implies a confession of existence. If philosophy is more than just this questioning, it is because it allows us to transcend this questioning rather than answer it. Transcending the questioning of existence does not yield a truth, but goodness. — Emmanuel Levinas