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Ricoeur

British  
/ rɪkør /

noun

  1. Paul (pɔl) 1913–2005, French philosopher, noted for his work on theories of interpretation. His books include Philosophy of the Will (3 vols, 1950–60), Freud and Philosophy (1965), and The Living Metaphor (1975)

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Ricoeur went so far as to assert that the text does not say anything in and of itself.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Philosopher Paul Ricoeur argued that humans have an inherent need to view their lives in a narrative fashion.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019

Today in interviews he engages in dialogue with the German thinker Peter Sloterdijk, and while still in his 20s he served as assistant to Paul Ricoeur, an immensely respected, octogenarian humanist philosopher.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2017

The philosopher Paul Ricoeur, who in his book “Memory, History, Forgetting,” put it beautifully: Under history, memory and forgetting.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2013

A Paris, en la boutique de Claude Barbin, chez la veuve Ricoeur, 1710–12.

From The Library of William Congreve by Hodges, John Cunyus