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Paul Ricoeur by Michelle Joy Y. Panzo is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Paul Ricoeur was a 20th century French philosopher born in 1913. He studied philosophy at the University of Rennes and Sorbonne. Ricoeur was convinced that persons differ from things in their ability to act freely and thoughtfully. He was influential in hermeneutic philosophy and developed theories of metaphor, discourse, and the relation of time, history, and narrative. Ricoeur proposed that the self is known indirectly through cultural signs and narratives rather than directly.

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Michelle Joy Y. Panzo

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