LÉVINAS AND CIORAN: INSOMNIA’S EXPERIENCE
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https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448Vol11Iss1a176Keywords:
Il y a, Insomnia, Unconscious, Lévinas, CioranAbstract
From the ontological thought of captivity, that Emmanuel Lévinas made, that is to say, from its concept of Il y a and his description of the closest experience to the anonymous and impersonal self, the insomnia, the present paper has the purpose of having a conversation or an approach with the pessimistic thinking of Emil Cioran. Everything to spotlight the horror of this pathology and the importance of the dream or the unconscious in front of it, presented as, the unconscious, as a necessary exit.References
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Lévinas, Emmanuel — Poirié, Francois. 2009. Ensayo y Conversaciones. Madrid: Arena Libros.
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Cea Bustamante, Cristóbal. 2017. “LÉVINAS AND CIORAN: INSOMNIA’S EXPERIENCE”. Síntesis. Philosophy Journal 11 (1): 37-49. https://doi.org/10.15691/0718-5448Vol11Iss1a176.
