"Theaim of beingis being itself. Howeverwith the appearance of the human -andthis is my entire philosophy- there is somethingmore important than my life, and that is the life of theother."
-Emmanuel Levinas (PL.,172)
To receive from the Other...means exactly: to have the idea of infinity...to be taught. The relation with the Other, or Conversation, is...an ethical relation; but inasmuch as it is welcomed this conversation is a teaching...it comes from the exterior and brings me more than I contain (Levinas, 1969).
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