Emmanuel Levinas Quotes on Virtue
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 virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“Ethics is first philosophy.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“The face of the Other commands me to responsibility.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“The face speaks to me and thereby invites me to a relation.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“To be I is to have responsibility, as if I were the elected one.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Levinas:
“The other is not me, and I am responsible for him.”