Facts about Paul Ricoeur

Occup.Philosopher
FromFrance
BornFebruary 27, 1913
DiedMay 20, 2005
Aged92 years

Summary

Paul Ricoeur was a famous Philosopher from France, who lived between February 27, 1913 and May 20, 2005. He/she became 92 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 27 quotes who is written / told by Paul.

27 Famous quotes by Paul Ricoeur

Small: The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between comma
"The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative"
Small: Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and w
"Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death"
Small: For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets it would appear
"For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding"
Small: First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of
"First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of Moses and within the narrative framework of the sojourn at Sinai"
Small: But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny
"But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny"
Small: Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today se
"Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one"
Small: Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it re
"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"
Small: Testimony gives something to be interpreted
"Testimony gives something to be interpreted"
Small: Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it
"Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses it"
Small: So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm
"So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm"
Small: Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying th
"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"
Small: On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the
"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"
Small: Narrative identity takes part in the storys movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder
"Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder"
Small: Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understand
"Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence"
Small: Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destin
"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"
Small: It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate bet
"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"
Small: If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death
"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death"
Small: If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all inte
"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"
Small: Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature
"Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature"
Small: What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it?
"What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it?"
Small: This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom
"This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom"
Small: There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with
"There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible"
Small: There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a procla
"There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation"
Small: The text is a limited field of possible constructions
"The text is a limited field of possible constructions"
Small: The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identit
"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"
Small: The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our cond
"The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct"
Small: The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism
"The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism"