Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen.

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

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There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with...

There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with...

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...

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

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

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and...

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and...

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

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...

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...

There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation.

There has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity because Christianity proceeds from a proclamation.

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...

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...

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite...

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite...

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...

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...

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...

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 text is a limited field of possible constructions.

The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

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...

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...

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...