Chungsoo J. Lee
A philosophic and religious corner
The only member
of the Society of
Frivolous Scholars
           
Philosophy seems to consist in an
endless passion for principles and
ideas, as in Don Quixote's search,
unless it is  pursued otherwise.

Welcome to my philosophic and
religious site.  This is a personal
archive of texts, thoughts, lectures,  
working papers, etc. open to anyone
with similar interests. Thank you for
visiting.
 

Chungsoo
me@chungsoolee.com
"Philosophy is not separable from skepticism, which follows it like a shadow it drives off by refuting it again at once on its
footsteps"                                                           (Emmanuel Levinas,
Otherwised Than Being Or Beyond Essence, 168)
For as wisdom grows, vexation grows;
To increase learning is to increase heartache.
                     
                                                                  
Ecclesiastes 1:18

Chungsoo's books

Tao Te Ching
5 of 5 stars
A poetic insight to ultimate reality as the Tao--the unknown. Tao might as well be God without all the western fanfare and glory surrounding the word God or the Godhead. Tao is like the Spirit that blows but no one knows whence it comes o...
Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority
5 of 5 stars
An extraordinary thought put in extraordinary language of philosophy. An axiomatic book for post modern thinking/ethics, highly philosophical as well as religious.
Otherwise Than Being: Or Beyond Essence
5 of 5 stars
A re-statement of his axiomatic book, Totality and Infinity, re-saying the said with new set of vocabularies and new set of key metaphors with greater rigor and perhaps hyperbole.
God Without Being: Hors-Texte
5 of 5 stars
An alternative and indirect repudiation of Levinas, a new way of phenomenology toward being and art work. A ground breaking and phenomenological reading of the Christian Scripture--despite the abrupt transition from philosophy to theology.
The Time That Remains: A Commentary On The Letter To The Romans
5 of 5 stars
A revolutionary and phenomenological reading/interpretation of Paul's letters in view of the whole 2000 years of the Western thinking. Is it that only one man by the name of Paul who gave rise to the western thought and imagination? The h...

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