ASIAN HERMENEUTICS: NEW HORIZONS
Human beings are hermeneutic beings. Inasmuch as they are rational, they entail the capacity to understand and respond to whatever happens and whatever they encounter within the ever-expanding horizons of their lives. Understood literally as the capacity to interpret, being hermeneutic is a basic fu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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| In: |
Journal of Dharma
Year: 2005, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-291 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hermeneutic
B Human Beings |
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| Summary: | Human beings are hermeneutic beings. Inasmuch as they are rational, they entail the capacity to understand and respond to whatever happens and whatever they encounter within the ever-expanding horizons of their lives. Understood literally as the capacity to interpret, being hermeneutic is a basic function of being human: basically, every human being involves in interpreting anything and everything that happens in and around him or her. In fact, it is the human way of understanding, appraisal, and appropriation. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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