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Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hans-Georg Gadamer was a German philosopher of the continental tradition best known for his work on hermeneutics, including Truth and Method, which argues that understanding is shaped by history, language, and dialogue rather than by the application of objective method.
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culture · German philosopher (1900–2002) · philosopher · university teacher · also Hans-Georg Gadamer, Gadamer, Hans Georg Gadamer
Born 11 February 1900 · Died 13 March 2002 · Q76356
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2026· 1 entry
2002· 9 entries
The Independent: Hans-Georg Gadamer
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Died 2002-03-13.
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“Nieuciszone pragnienie znalezienia właściwego słowa – oto rzeczywiste życie i istota języka. Widzimy tu, jak ścisły związek łączy niemożność spełnienia tego pragnienia, dèsir Lacana, i fakt, że nasza ludzka egzystencja upływa w czasie i w obliczu śmierci.”
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“Kto mówi językiem niezrozumiałym dla nikogo poza nim, nie mówi w ogóle.”
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“Istotą doświadczenia czasu w sztuce jest to, że uczymy się przebywania. Jest to zapewne stosowna dla nas, skończona odpowiedniość tego, co zwie się wiecznością.”
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“Hermeneutyka pokonuje duchowy dystans i przyswaja obcość obcego ducha.”
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“Tekst jest rozumiany tylko wtedy, gdy jest każdorazowo rozumiany inaczej.”
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“Variant translation: In truth history does not belong to us but rather we to history. … The focus of subjectivity is a distorted mirror. Individual self-reflection is merely a flickering in the closed circuit of historical life. That is why the prejudices of an individual are —much more than that individual's judgments — the historical reality of his being.”
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“(…) rozumiemy coś wtedy tylko, gdy to nasze rozumienie da się zakomunikować innym (…).”
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Palermo (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Marburg (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Leipzig University (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław (1995).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1993).
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (1987).
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Karl Jaspers Prize (1986).
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1981· 1 entry
Gadamer attempted to engage with Jacques Derrida at a conference in Paris but it proved less enlightening because the two thinkers had little in common
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded Hegel Prize (1979).
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Awarded Sigmund Freud Prize (1979).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1976).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Reuchlin Award (1971).
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1968· 1 entry
Gadamer invited Tomonobu Imamichi for lectures at Heidelberg, but their relationship became very cool after Imamichi alleged that Heidegger had taken his concept of Dasein out of Okakura Kakuzo's concept of das in-der-We
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1946· 1 entry
Was found by the American occupation forces to be untainted by Nazism and named rector of the university
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1938· 1 entry
Received a professorship at Leipzig University
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1933· 1 entry
Signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State
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1929· 1 entry
And spent most of the early 1930s lecturing in Marburg
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1922· 1 entry
Studied at University of Marburg, doctorate (1919–1922).
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1919· 2 entries
Studied at University of Wrocław (1918–1919).
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After having followed lessons with him the year before
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1900· 1 entry
Born 1900-02-11.
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