Hans-Georg Gadamer

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Name: Hans-Georg Gadamer
Born: 02/11/1900
Died: 03/13/2002 (102 years old)

Hans-Georg Gadamer (/ˈɡɑːdəmər/; German: [ˈɡaːdamɐ]; February 11, 1900– March 13, 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 magnum opus Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode) on hermeneutics.

School: University of Breslau, University of Marburg

Birth Place: Marburg, German Empire

Death Place: Heidelberg, Germany

Source: Wikipedia

Hans-Georg Gadamer quotes :

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

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