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Lazarus, Emma

2,388 words, approx. 8 pages

Emma Lazarus Born July 22, 1849 New York, New York Died November 19, 1887 New York, New York Author of the famous poem that appears on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and Jewish rights advocate... Read more

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Emma Lazarus

402 words, approx. 2 pages

Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), American poet, is best known as a spokesperson for the Jewish people. Her faith in America as a haven for all the downtrodden peoples of the world is expressed in her poem in... Read more

Emmanuel Levinas

791 words, approx. 3 pages

Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a major philosopher of the 20th century who attempted to proceed philosophically beyond phenomenology and ontology and to engage in a more immediate and irreducible co... Read more

Emmanuel Levinas

6,765 words, approx. 23 pages

Emmanuel Lévinas is perhaps best known for his claim that ethics (literally and more accurately, "the ethical"--l'éthique--the domain of human relation rather than that of moral precepts... Read more