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Hans-Georg Gadamer on Unity and Multiplicity - Dictionary of Arguments
I 430 Unity and Multiplicity/Language/Word/Thinking/Gadamer: The difference between the unity of the divine word and the multiplicity of human words does not exhaust the situation. Rather, unity and multiplicity have a fundamentally dialectical relationship. The dialectic of this relationship dominates the whole essence of the word. Also I 431 from the divine word, the concept of multiplicity is not entirely remote. The divine word is indeed only one word that came into the world in the form of the Saviour, but if it remains a reality - and this is despite all the rejection of subordination, as we have seen - there is thus an essential relationship between the unity of the divine word and its appearance in the Church. Human Word/Gadamer: Conversely, in the human word the dialectical reference of the multiplicity of words to the unity of the word in its new light is revealed. Plato had recognized that the human word has the character of speech, i.e. that it expresses the unity of an opinion through the assembling of a multiplicity of words, and had developed this structure of the logos in a dialectical way. Aristotle then pointed out the logical structures that make up the sentence or judgement or the sentence context or the conclusion. But this is not the end of the story. The unity of the word, which is interpreted in the multiplicity of words, also makes something visible that does not fit into the essential structure of logic and brings out the character of the events in language: the process of concept formation. >Concept/Gadamer._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28