The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character.

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...