The Philosophical Sense of Transcendence: Levinas and Plato on Loving Beyond Being

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the Institute of Philosophy of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for inspiring the research that led to this book, particularly: Dr. Ignace Verhack for his support, dialogue, and suggestions; and Drs. Rudi Visker, William Desmond, Martin Moors, Herman De Dijn, Rudolf Bernet, and Carlos Steel, whose teachings have in one way or another found their way into these pages. I would also like to thank the Flemish Community for its financial support. Last, but not least, thank you to the numerous colleagues, friends, and family who contributed to this project. I would especially like to mention: Margot and Tim Allen, my parents, to whom this book is dedicated; and Michelle Rochard, Matthew Kostelecky, Akos Krassoy, Adam Gonya, and Darian Meacham, my friends, interlocutors in philosophical dialogue, editors, and critics. xiv ...