In order that I be able to free myself from the very possession that the welcome of the Home establishes, in order that I be able to see things in themselves, that is, represent them to myself, refuse both enjoyment and possession, I must know how to give what I possess. Only thus could I situate myself absolutely above my engagement in the non-I. 

Emmanuel Levinas
pg. 170-1, Totality and Infinity,
Duquesne University Press 1969

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