The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative.

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

Topics: Paul Ricoeur Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the...

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world 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...

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...

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...

The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

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...

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.