Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

Topics: Paul Ricoeur Quotes

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of...

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of...

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the...

Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the...

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between...

It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between...

For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with...

For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with...

Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or...

Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or...

This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example...

This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example...

Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it...

Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it...

So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as...

So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as...

Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by...

Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by...

What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce...

What must be the nature of the world... if human beings are able to introduce...

The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her...

The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her...

On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear...

On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear...

The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the...

The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the...

Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where...

Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where...

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses...

Testimony demands to be interpreted because of the dialectic of meaning and event that traverses...

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a...

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a...

Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems...

Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems...

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed...

First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed...