Restoring Language, Reflecting Through on Word
Symbol and Philosophy in Paul Ricoeur
Abstract
One of Paul Ricoeur’s central concerns is the crisis of language as intrinsically linked to the crisis of modernity. The impoverishment of language serves as a diagnosis of the erosion of the human being — of the individual's ties to community, to nature, to the sacred, and ultimately, to the self. Overcoming this nihilism entails restoring the richness of both language and thought. Ricoeur’s proposal culminates in a mode of thinking grounded in the symbol. In this work, we explore, alongside Ricoeur, the various theoretical dimensions involved in the notion of the symbol.
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