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People cannot live without hope; this is one of the statements I can defend without any reservations.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

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Understanding does not occur when we try to intercept what someone wants to say to us by claiming we already know it.

Aesthetics and Hermeneutics (1964)

Everything depends on how something is said.

Aesthetics and Hermeneutics (1964)

What man needs is not just the persistent posing of ultimate questions, but the sense of what is feasible, what is possible, what is correct, here and now.

Truth and Method (1960)

We cannot understand without wanting to understand, that is, without wanting to let something be said.

Aesthetics and Hermeneutics (1964)

Aristotle established the classical definition of man, according to which man is the living being who has logos.

Man and Language (1966)

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