Emmanuel Levinas: His Life and Ideas (Dr. Aaron Simmons)

Emmanuel Levinas was one of the great, underrated thinkers of the last century. Dr. Aaron Simmons comes onto our channel to share with us his knowledge on the philosophy of Levinas and how his views on ethics and the Other can be applicable to our understanding of philosophy. Dr Aaron Simmon's website: https://jaaronsimmons.com/ Dr Aaron Simmon's YouTube channel: ‪@philosophyforwherewefindou919‬ Interview with Dr Aaron Simmons on Kierkegaard:    • Who was Soren Kierkegaard? (w/ Dr. Aaron S...   Check out Aaron's book recommendations: Ethics and Infinity: https://amzn.to/47NpJmC Levinas: A Guide for the Perplexed: https://amzn.to/3OQWt5o Ethics as First Philosophy: https://amzn.to/47N5hC4 New Phenomenology: A Philosophical Introduction: https://amzn.to/3YQSACb Timestamps: 1:19 Who was Levinas? 13:47 What is Levinas’ critique of the history of philosophy? 29:15 What is Levinas’ other? 47:18 What is our relationship to the other? 56:38 What is the transcendence to Levinas? 1:03:30 What is Levinas’ view on the infinity? 1:05:57 What is Levinas’ view on religion? 1:13:38 What books to read on Levinas? -------------------------- Sign up to my blog and newsletter: https://josh-yen.com/ -------------------------- If you would want to support the channel and what I am doing, please follow me on Patreon:   / philosophyforall   -------------------------- Feel free to join my discord server to join the community and give any feedbacks:   / discord   -------------------------- My Podcast: Philosophy for All https://bit.ly/phil4allpod -------------------------- Where else to find Josh Yen: My Website: https://josh-yen.com/ Philosophy channel: https://bit.ly/philforall Education channel: https://bit.ly/joshyen Buisness: https://bit.ly/logosedu -------------------------- To contact me: [email protected] -------------------------- #philosophy #theology #existentialism #lecture