Paul Ricoeur

Histoire et vérité.

Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1964. Collection Esprit. 363 pages.

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.25", shows light shelfwear, with crease to lower outside corner of front cover. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings.

"In this volume, Paul Ricoeur investigates the antinomy between history and truth, or between historicity and meaning. He argues that history has meaning insofar as it approaches universality and system, but has no meaning insofar as this universality violates the singularity of individuals' lives. Imposing unity upon truth, or unifying the diversity of knowledge and opinion, creates a singular and universal history but destroys historicity and subjectivity. Allowing for singularities in history promotes a multiplicity of truths over a single, unique truth, and thereby annihilates system."