Emmanuel Levinas Quotes on God
Emmanuel Levinas was a 20th-century Lithuanian-born French Jewish philosopher of the phenomenological and ethical tradition, one of the most influential figures of late 20th-century continental philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Emmanuel Levinas on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“Religion is the bond between the same and the other without constituting a totality.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“The face of the other is the trace of the infinite.”
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“To ignore the true God is in fact only half an evil; atheism is worth more than the piety bestowed on mythical gods.”
A Religion for Adults (1957) -
“A Religion for Adults (1957)”
To ignore the true God is in fact only half an evil; atheism is worth more than the piety bestowed on mythical gods. -
“The comprehension of God taken as a participation in his sacred life, an allegedly direct comprehension, is impossible, because participation is a denial of the divine , and because nothing is more direct than the face to face , which is straightforwardness itself.”
Totality and Infinity (1961)