It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented alienated forms of our true historical being. Hans-Georg Gadamer acquireaestheticalienate share on social
Nothing exists except through language. Hans-Georg Gadamer existlanguage Change image and share on social
It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art. Hans-Georg Gadamer abolishartaudience Change image and share on social
I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old. Hans-Georg Gadamer 000basicallybook Change image and share on social
Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live. Hans-Georg Gadamer evidentexaminationfamily Change image and share on social
In fact history does not belong to us; but we belong to it. Hans-Georg Gadamer belongfacthistory Change image and share on social
The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said. Hans-Georg Gadamer hearlanguagereal Change image and share on social
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it. Hans-Georg Gadamer awareconsistforgetfulness Change image and share on social
The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror. Hans-Georg Gadamer distortfocusmirror Change image and share on social
