Which Happened First?

Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas
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Emmanuel Levinas was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Carlo ScarpaJune 2, 1906 – November 28, 1978
  2. Denis de RougemontSeptember 8, 1906 – December 6, 1985
  3. Emmanuel Levinas (this page)January 12, 1906 – December 25, 1995
  4. Léopold Sédar SenghorOctober 9, 1906 – December 20, 2001
  5. Nelson GoodmanAugust 7, 1906 – November 25, 1998
  6. Samuel BeckettApril 13, 1906 – December 22, 1989

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