Paul Ricoeur Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise.”

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

“Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.”

“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.”

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

“The text is a limited field of possible constructions.”

“Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.”

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

“This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.”