레비나스에게서 초월 : 하늘의 지혜를 이 땅에서 실현하기 = Transcendence in Levinas : Realizing Heavenly Wisdom on Earth

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This study examines the formation and development of Levinas’s concept of transcendence. It traces the evolution and transformation of this concept from his early philosophy through his later thought. The analysis begins with an elucidation of transcendence in On Escape , where Levinas’s distinctive understanding of transcendence first emerges. It then examines the unique notion of “transacendence” articulated in Totality and Infinity , alongside the radicalization of transcendence in his later work, Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence . The investigation further provides an in-depth analysis of the theologically inflected concept of transcendence presented in Transcendence and Intelligibility . This reveals that Levinas pursued ethical transcendence as a departure from ontological frameworks. The study demonstrates that such transcendence constitutes an absolute transcendence that is irreducible to phenomenal immanence and argues that he conceived of this transcendence as the sacred, encompassing both heavenly ethics and wisdom. The examination concludes that for the later Levinas, discourse on transcendence represents a renewed theological undertaking: the exploration of authentic praxis for realizing heavenly wisdom on earth.