''Otherwise than Being, or Beyond Essence'' (french: Autrement qu'être ou au-delà de l'essence) is a 1974 work of

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

Emmanuel Levinas Emmanuel Levinas (; ; 12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to me ...

, the second of his mature works after ''

Totality and Infinity ''Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority'' (french: Totalité et Infini: essai sur l'extériorité) is a 1961 book about ethics by the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Highly influenced by phenomenology, it is considered one of Levinas's mo ...

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1974 non-fiction books Ethics books Phenomenology literature Contemporary philosophical literature Books by Emmanuel Levinas {{ethics-book-stub