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

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

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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...

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...

The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

Testimony gives something to be interpreted.

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...