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Emmanuel Levinas
Jewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher (1906-1995)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 12 January 1906, 30 December 1905
- Died
- 25 December 1995
- Place of birth
- Kaunas
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Emmanuel
- Family name
- Levinas
- Child
- Michaël Levinas
- Field of work
- philosophy, phenomenology, Judaism, ethics
- Occupation
- philosopher, university teacher, ethicist, writer
- Awards
- Balzan Prize, Karl Jaspers Prize, honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago, honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Honorary doctor of Leiden University, Grand prix de philosophie, Scriptures & Spiritualities Award
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- doctoral student
- Jacques Colette
- educated at
- University of Freiburg, University of Strasbourg
- ethnic group
- Ashkenazi Jews
- influenced by
- Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre
- languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- name in native language
- Emmanuel Lévinas
- notable work
- Totality and Infinity
- place of burial
- Cimetière de Pantin
- student of
- Jacob Gordin, Martin Heidegger
- topic's main category
- Category:Emmanuel Levinas
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