Levinas's TOTALITY AND INFINITY 2 (Sec 1 Pt A Subs 2-3)

"The author is thoroughly familiar with recent phenomenology and existential philosophy,and has an exhaustive knowledge of Husserl,Heidegger,Sartr, and Merleau-Ponty.Without these new developments,his work would have been impossible.If countains many penetrating descriptions of patterns of experiience as we live them through,and many for-ranging reflections on these.It is basically phenomenological in character.But it is far more than a mere elaboration or correction of past insights.It is not often that one finds a philosophical work that is both radically original and carefullythought through.This book is both."/Intoduction,J.Wild/.