Episode 146: Emmanuel Levinas on Overcoming Solitude
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Solitude Is an Abundance of Time
The relationship between ego and self is not an inoffensive reflection of the spirit upon itself. It is the whole of human materiality. Solitude isn't tragic because it is privation of the other, but because it is shut up within captivity of its identity. To shatter the enchainment of matter is to shatter the finality of hypostasis. So we are saying solitude is the present. But that's not all of time.
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