Paul Ricoeur

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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Although there has always been a hermeneutic problem in Christianity, the hermeneutic question today seems to us a new one. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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First, it is not unimportant that the legislative texts of the Old Testament are placed in the mouth of Moses and within the narrative framework of the sojourn at Sinai. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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Hope, insofar as it is hope of resurrection, is the living contradiction of what it proceeds from and what is placed under the sign of the Cross and death. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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

— Paul Ricoeur

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It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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

— Paul Ricoeur

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