The text is a limited field of possible constructions.

Quote by Paul Ricoeur

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...