Jean-Luc Marion Quotes on Knowledge
Jean-Luc Marion is a French philosopher and theologian, a major figure in contemporary phenomenology, and a leading interpreter of Descartes. This page collects quotes attributed to Jean-Luc Marion on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jean-Luc Marion:
“What gives itself shows itself.”
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Attributed to Jean-Luc Marion:
“The saturated phenomenon is one in which intuition exceeds the concept.”
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“The icon and the idol determine two manners of being for beings, not two classes of beings.”
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“The idol depends on the gaze that it satisfies, since if the gaze did not desire to satisfy itself in the idol, the idol would have no dignity for it.”
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“p. 57 3. The Crossing of Being; 1. The Silence of the Idol”
Theism and atheism bear equally upon an idol . They remain enemies, but fraternal enemies, in a common and impassable idolatry . Of such idolatry Nietzsche gives the best and final illustration, by demonstrating in exemplary fashion the ... functions held by the idol...