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Paul Ricoeur Quotes

Testimony gives something to be interpreted Picture Quote #1

The dictionary contains no metaphors Picture Quote #1

To put it in a few words, the true malice of man appears only in the state and in the church, as institutions of gathering together, of recapitulation, of totalization Picture Quote #1

Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other Picture Quote #1

This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom Picture Quote #1

Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen Picture Quote #1

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Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature Picture Quote #1

This atheism concerning the gods of men pertains hereafter to any possible faith Picture Quote #1

I find myself only by losing myself Picture Quote #1

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism Picture Quote #1

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it Picture Quote #1

The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the mirror of things Picture Quote #1

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Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner Picture Quote #1

We are not capable of producing a concept of time that is at once cosmological, biological, historical and individual Picture Quote #1

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct Picture Quote #1

The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character Picture Quote #1

What must be the nature of the world... If human beings are able to introduce changes into it? Picture Quote #1

On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise Picture Quote #1

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Narrative identity takes part in the story’s movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder Picture Quote #1

Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other Picture Quote #1

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach Picture Quote #1

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal Picture Quote #1

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny Picture Quote #1

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Testimony gives something to be interpreted (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) The dictionary contains no metaphors (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) To put it in a few words, the true malice of man appears only in the state and in the church, as institutions of gathering together, of recapitulation, of totalization. (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other. (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) This atheism concerning the gods of men pertains hereafter to any possible faith (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) I find myself only by losing myself (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the mirror of things (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) We are not capable of producing a concept of time that is at once cosmological, biological, historical and individual (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) What must be the nature of the world... If human beings are able to introduce changes into it? (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Narrative identity takes part in the story’s movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal (Paul Ricoeur Quotes) But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny (Paul Ricoeur Quotes)