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The metaphysical event of transcendence—the welcome of the Other, hospitality—Desire and language—is not accomplished as love. But the transcendence of discourse is bound to love. We shall show how in love transcendence goes both further and less far than language.
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Levinas, E. (1991). The Ambiguity of Love. In: Totality and Infinity. Martinus Nijhoff Philosophy Texts, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9342-6_15
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