Paul Ricoeur Quotes on Knowledge
Paul Ricoeur was a French philosopher and one of the great synthesizers of twentieth-century continental thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Paul Ricoeur on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“The shortest path from self to self is through the other.”
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“To narrate is already to explain.”
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“Memory is the future of the past.”
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“Hermeneutics is the philosophy of interpretation.”
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“The symbol gives rise to thought.”
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Attributed to Paul Ricoeur:
“Every action requires a hermeneutics.”