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Hans-Georg Gadamer

Born

in Marburg, Germany

February 11, 1900

Died

March 13, 2002

Genre

Philosophy, Nonfiction

Influences

Martin Heidegger, Paul Natorp, Nicolai Hartmann, Plato ...more

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Hans-Georg Gadamer was born February 11, 1900 in Marburg, Germany.
(Arabic: هانز جورج غادامير)

Gadamer showed an early aptitude for studies in philosophy and after receiving his doctoral degree in 1922 he went on to work directly under Martin Heidegger for a period of five years. This had a profound and lasting effect on Gadamer's philosophical progression.

Gadamer was a teacher for most of his life, and published several important works: Truth and Method is considered his magnum opus. In this work Heidegger's notion of hermeneutics is seen clearly: hermeneutics is not something abstract that one can pick up and leave at will, but rather is something that one does at all times. To both Heidegger and to Gadamer, hermeneutics is not restricted ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 6,219 ratings · 343 reviews · 282 distinct works • Similar authors

	Truth and Method 4.17 avg rating — 3,601 ratings — published 1960 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophical Hermeneutics by Hans-Georg Gadamer, David E. Linge (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 641 ratings — published 1976 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La actualidad de lo bello 3.91 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays 4.19 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1986 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beginning of Philosophy by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Rod Coltman (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1996 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hegel's Dialectic: Five Hermeneutical Studies by Hans-Georg Gadamer, P.C. Smith (Translator), P. Christopher Smith (Translation) 3.84 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Enigma of Health: The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jason Geiger (Translator), Nick Walker (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reason in the Age of Science by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Frederick G. Lawrence (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato by Hans-Georg Gadamer, P. Christopher Smith (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	التلمذة الفلسفية by Hans-Georg Gadamer, هانز جورج غادامير, حسن ناظم (مترجم) 3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Hans-Georg Gadamer (?)

“We cannot understand without wanting to understand, that is, without wanting to let something be said...Understanding does not occur when we try to intercept what someone wants to say to us by claiming we already know it.”
― Hans-Georg Gadamer

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“A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art' can deliver. The Romantic desire for a new mythology... gives the artist and his task in the world the consciousness of a new consecration. He is something like a 'secular saviour' for his creations are expected to achieve on a small scale the propitiation of disaster for which an unsaved world hopes.”
― Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method

tags: art, consciousness, religion

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“It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition.”
― Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method

tags: hermeneutics, history, phenomenology, philosophy

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