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Paul Ricoeur quotes

French Philosopher February 27, 1913 – May 20, 2005

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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
Paul Ricoeur quote: "What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are..."
What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce changes into it? Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur quote: "This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job,..."
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur quote: "The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the..."
The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the mirror of things. Paul Ricoeur
There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible. Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur quote: "If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope..."
If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death. Paul Ricoeur
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. Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur quote: "The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in..."
The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur quote: "The logic of validation allows us to move between the two..."
The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism. Paul Ricoeur
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. Paul Ricoeur
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. 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. Hence to demythologize is to interpret myth, that is, to relate the objective representations of the myth to the self-understanding which is both shown and concealed in it. Paul Ricoeur
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
Paul Ricoeur quote: "Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature."
Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. Paul Ricoeur
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
Paul Ricoeur quote: "But myth is something else than an explanation of the world,..."
But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Paul Ricoeur

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