“The comprehension of God taken as a participation in his sacred life, an allegedly direct comprehension, is impossible, because participation is a denial of the divine, and because nothing is more direct than the face to face, which is straightforwardness itself.”

— Emmanuel Levinas, book Totality and Infinity

Totality and Infinity (1961)

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