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.
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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.Paul Ricoeur
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.
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Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.
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There is no shorter path for joining a neutral existential anthropology, according to philosophy, with the existential decision before God, according to the Bible.
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Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.
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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.
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