Hans-Georg Gadamer Quotes
Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher and the founder of philosophical hermeneutics. A student of Husserl and Heidegger, he taught at Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Heidelberg, where his Truth and Method, published when he was sixty, became one of the major works of twentieth-century continental philosophy. The quotes below are attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer, organized by topic.
Hans-Georg Gadamer on Knowledge
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“All understanding is interpretation.”
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“Language is the medium in which substantive understanding and agreement take place between two people.”
Hans-Georg Gadamer on Mind
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“It is not so much our judgments as our prejudices that constitute our being.”
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“Understanding is always more than merely re-creating someone else's meaning.”
Hans-Georg Gadamer on Truth
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“Prejudices are not necessarily unjustified and erroneous, so that they inevitably distort the truth.”
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Attributed to Hans-Georg Gadamer:
“The real being of language is what is said in it.”