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O T H E R W I S E

T H A N

B E I N G

O R

B E Y O N D

E S S E N C E

EMMAN U E L

L E VI N AS

TRANSLATED ALPHONSO

BY

LINGIS

OTH E R W I S E THAN BEING OR B E Y O N D

ESSENCE

EMMANUEL

LEVINAS

TRANSLATED ALPHONSO

BY LINGIS

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Levinas, Emmanuel. [Autrement qu'etre. English] Otherwise than being, or, Beyond essence / Emmanuel Levinas ; translated by Alphonso Lingis. p. cm. Originally published: Dordrecht, Netherlands : M. Nijhoff, 1974, in series: Martinus Nijhoff philosophy texts. Includes index. ISBN 0-8207-0299-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Ontology. 2. Essence (Philosophy) I. Title. B2430.L483A8313 1998 111—dc21

ISBN-13: 978-0-8207-0299-5

Published by DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282

First paperback edition printing, 1998 by arrangement with Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the United States of America. oo Printed on acid-free paper. Ninth printing, May 2011

Copyright © 1981,1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V. First published in 1981. All Rights Reserved. Foreword copyright © 1998 Richard A. Cohen

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