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Totality and Infinity

by E. Levinas

**Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority** (French: *Totalité et Infini: essai sur l'extériorité*) is a 1961 book about ethics by the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Highly influenced by phenomenology, it is considered one of Levinas’s most important works. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totality_and_Infinity))

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?