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Indeed, theological discourse offers its strange jubilation only to the strict extent that it permits and, dangerously, demands of it wokman that he speak beyond his means, precisely because he does not speak of himself. Hence the danger of a speech that, in a sense, speaks against the one who lends himself to it. One must obtain forgiveness for every essay in theology. In all senses.

Jean-Luc Marion

Jean-Luc Marion

Jean-Luc Marion

Born: July 3, 1946 (age 80)

Bio: Jean-Luc Marion is a French postmodern philosopher. Marion is a former student of Jacques Derrida whose work is informed by patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy.

Known for:

God Without Being (1982)
The erotic phenomenon (2003)
Being Given (1997)
Reduction and givenness (1998)
Prolegomena to charity (2002)

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