On Levinas's "Ontology"

Since Parmenides raised the question of the "be and being".Ontology has had an important influence on the whole western traditional philosophy,which always makes a visible or invisible impact on numerous philosophical theories.After continuous development and improvement traditional ontology increasing emphasize on identity and totality,thus it rejects differences even more than before.This development makes the traditional ontology the shackles of further development of philosophy.At this point,more and more philosophers begin to explore a new road for philosophical development.At the beginning of his theory Levinas criticized the ontology of traditional philosophy in the west and thought that traditional ontology seeks for containment and assimilation of otherness and others in the process of pursuing identity and integrity.It resulted in the crisis of modern philosophy and violence of metaphysic.This theory of tyranny had a corresponding impact on the development of human society,which was the violence of the real power.So he proposed the wholly other that cannot be assimilated,which endued difference with a reasonable space and position and is no longer committed to identity the difference.Thus,he developed his own unique theory in philosophy.In order to systematically explain status of the being in the theory of Levinas,it is necessary to grasp the ideological system in general.His formation background of thought,specific theoretical issues and the evolution of relevant philosophical theory should be systemized.During the process this article makes a concrete analysis of the role the being plays in his philosophical theory,and confirm importance of the being based on the nail other for his ideological system.