Essential Vulnerabilities: Plato and Levinas on Relations to the Other

by Deborah Achtenberg

Book Overview

In Essential Vulnerabilities, Deborah Achtenberg contests Emmanuel Levinas's idea that Plato is a philosopher of freedom for whom thought is a return to the self. To the contrary, she agrees, Plato, like Levinas, is a philosopher of the other. While they share the view that human beings are essentially vulnerable and in relation to others, they conceive human vulnerability and responsiveness differently.

For Plato, when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810135639
• ISBN13: 9780810135635
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"