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Politics is opposed to morality, as philosophy to naïveté.

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Emmanuel Levinas
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: December 30
Died: 1995
Died: December 25
Ethicist
Philosopher
University Teacher
Writer
Kovno
Emmanuel Lévinas
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Philosophy
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