Okere was explaining his hermeneutical conception of African philosophy. He regarded culture as the source material from which philosophical reflection can develop, rather than treating cultural beliefs themselves as already constituting philosophy.
More quotes by Theophilus Okere
It is by interpreting the symbols of a culture that one can arrive at reflexion, philosophy.
African cultures have their own symbols pregnant with meaning.
All philosophy is essentially an historical and time bound interpretation of being.
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