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Paul Ricoeur quotes about world

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: "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
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
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
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. Paul Ricoeur

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