Wilhelm Dilthey Quotes on Knowledge
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian who devoted his career to the foundations of the human sciences, the Geisteswissenschaften, against the encroachment of natural-scientific methods. This page collects quotes attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey:
“We explain nature, but we understand mental life.”
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Attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey:
“Understanding is the rediscovery of the I in the Thou.”
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Attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey:
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
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Attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey:
“All learning is in the end the recognition of the form of one's own existence.”