Heinrich Rickert Quotes
Heinrich Rickert was a German neo-Kantian philosopher of the Baden school and, with Wilhelm Windelband, the principal theorist of the distinction between the natural sciences and the cultural or historical sciences. He held chairs at Freiburg and Heidelberg and shaped a generation of German thought through his teaching and through students including Heidegger and Max Weber. The quotes below are attributed to Heinrich Rickert, organized by topic.
Heinrich Rickert on Knowledge
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Attributed to Heinrich Rickert:
“Natural science generalizes; cultural science individualizes.”
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Attributed to Heinrich Rickert:
“Philosophy is the science of the whole.”
Heinrich Rickert on Mind
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Attributed to Heinrich Rickert:
“Concept formation is the work in which the human mind grasps the world.”
Heinrich Rickert on Time
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Attributed to Heinrich Rickert:
“Without reference to value, history would be a heap of dates.”
Heinrich Rickert on Truth
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Attributed to Heinrich Rickert:
“Values are the form in which the cultural world becomes intelligible.”