The Transcendental Foundation of Ethics in Kierkegaard and Levinas: a Comparative Study of Fear and trembling and Totality and infinity

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ashf.98738
Keywords: Kierkegaard, Levinas, Ethics, Religion, Fear and trembling, Totality and infinity

Abstract

Through a hermeneutic-comparative analysis, this essay aims to determine the foundation of ethics in Kierkegaard and Lévinas. To this end, the focus is placed on two seminal works of contemporary thought: Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard and Totality and Infinity by Lévinas. The goal is not only to understand how these authors establish the foundation of ethics in two essential works of their respective philosophies but also to examine whether their proposals share common elements that might conceptually bring them closer together.

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Gabriel Leiva Rubio, Universitat de Barcelona

Gabriel Leiva Rubio has a Diploma in Theology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca (2016). He holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Havana (2019). He was a professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the University of the Arts of Cuba (ISA) (2019-2021). He completed the Master in Contemporary Thought and Classical Tradition at the University of Barcelona (2022). He is currently a predoctoral researcher in training (FI-SDUR 2023) for the Ph.D. in Contemporary Philosophy and Classical Studies of the Department of Philosophy at the Universitat de Barcelona.

His research interests revolve around Philosophical Anthropology, German Idealism, contemporary thought, ethics, art theory, and aesthetics.

 

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Published
2025-09-30
How to Cite
Leiva Rubio G. (2025). The Transcendental Foundation of Ethics in Kierkegaard and Levinas: a Comparative Study of Fear and trembling and Totality and infinity. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 42(3), 605-616. https://doi.org/10.5209/ashf.98738
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Vol. 42 No. 3 (2025)
Section
Estudios

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