About
Paul Ricœur, born February 27, 1913 in Valence and died May 20, 2005 in Châtenay-Malabry, is a major French philosopher of the 20th century. Orphaned early, he was raised in Rennes as a ward of the nation. He passed the agrégation in philosophy in 1935 and was taken prisoner during World War II, translating Husserl's Ideas I while in captivity. He taught at Strasbourg, the Sorbonne, Nanterre, and the University of Chicago. His work explores the will, interpretation, metaphor, time and narrative, narrative identity, memory, and recognition. He received numerous prizes, including the Balzan Prize and the Kluge Prize.
* 1913-02-27 — † 2005-05-20
Major works
- Philosophie de la volonté (1950)philosophical essay
- De l'interprétation : Essai sur Freud (1965)philosophical essay
- La Métaphore vive (1975)philosophical essay
- Temps et récit (1983-1985)philosophical essay
- Soi-même comme un autre (1990)philosophical essay
Key milestones
- 1940Taken prisoner during World War II, he spent five years in captivity in Pomerania.
- 1957Appointed professor of general philosophy at the Sorbonne.
- 1999Awarded the Balzan Prize for Philosophy.
Themes
hermeneuticsphenomenologynarrative identitymetaphormemory and history
Sources: fondsricoeur.ehess.fr · plato.stanford.edu