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Emmanuel Levinas Quotes: A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.
         

A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.


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This page presents the quote "A miracle entails a degree of irrationality-not because it shocks reason, but because it makes no appeal to it.". Author of this quote is Emmanuel Levinas. This quote is about irrationality, miracle, reason, degrees,.