Ernst Tugendhat Quotes
Ernst Tugendhat was a Czech-born German philosopher and one of the most important twentieth-century bridges between analytic and continental traditions. Educated at Stanford and Tubingen and a former pupil of Heidegger, he underwent a deliberate turn to analytic philosophy of language in mid-career and produced his foundational Self-Consciousness and Self-Determination and Traditional and Analytical Philosophy, in which the analytic philosophy of language is brought to bear on the characteristic questions of the German philosophical tradition. The quotes below are attributed to Ernst Tugendhat, organized by topic.
Ernst Tugendhat on Mind
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Attributed to Ernst Tugendhat:
“Self-consciousness is not contemplation but practical relation to oneself.”
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Attributed to Ernst Tugendhat:
“The analytic philosophy of language returns us to first-person questions.”
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Attributed to Ernst Tugendhat:
“The capacity for rational discourse is the human good.”
Ernst Tugendhat on Truth
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Attributed to Ernst Tugendhat:
“Heidegger's Being is a question we should rephrase, not abandon.”
Ernst Tugendhat on Virtue
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Attributed to Ernst Tugendhat:
“Ethics begins where I must justify my action to others.”