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Paul Ricoeur was a French philosopher known for his contributions to hermeneutics, narratology, philosophical anthropology, and ethics. His work involved deep explorations of language, meaning, history, and human experience.

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“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.”

Men States Together Church Religious Institutions Gathering Malice Few Words Recapitulation Gathering Together

Book:The Conflict of Interpretations

Source: The Conflict of Interpretations

“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.”

Men World Self Understanding Term Existence Destiny Limits Relation Foundation Myth Objectives Relate Explanation Representation Concealed Other Worlds Self Understanding

Book:The Conflict of Interpretations

Source: The Conflict of Interpretations

“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.”

Men World Understanding Term Existence Limits Relation Foundation Myth Other Worlds

Author: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”

Men Differences Destiny Understood Unity Collectives Destination

Author:Paul Ricoeur

“This atheism concerning the gods of men pertains hereafter to any possible faith”

Men Atheism Hereafter

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About the Author

Born: February 27, 1913
Died: May 20, 2005
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 33

Books & Sources

The EPZ Conflict of InterpretationsRelated source material

The Conflict of InterpretationsRelated source material

Hermeneutics and the Human SciencesRelated source material

Freud and Philosophy: An Essay on InterpretationRelated source material

From Text to Action: Essays in Hermeneutics, IIRelated source material

Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of MeaningRelated source material

The Rule of Metaphor: The Creation of Meaning in LanguageRelated source material

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