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Mircea Eliade on Symbols - Dictionary of Arguments
Ricoeur I 44 Symbol/Cosmic symbolism/religious belief/Eliade/Ricoeur: In his Traité d'histoire des religions(1), Mircea Eliade shows very well that the power of cosmic symbolism lies in the involuntary bond between the visible sky and the order it reveals: he speaks of the wise and the just, of the immeasurable and ordered, thanks to the analogous power that connects the sense with the sense (>Sense/Ricoeur). The symbol is bound, in a double sense: bound to and bound by. The symbol is bound, in a double sense: bound to and bound by. On the one hand, the sacred is bound to its primary, literal, sensual meanings: this is what makes it opaque; on the other hand, the literal meaning is bound by the symbolic meaning that lies within it. Ricoeur: that is what I have called the revealing power of the symbol, which, despite its opacity, is its power. And it is precisely this that brings it in contrast to the technical sign, which designates nothing more than what is set in it, and which for this reason can be emptied, formalized and reduced to a simple calculating object. Only the symbol gives what it says. >Interpretation/Ricoeur, >Hermeneutics/Ricoeur, >Symbol/Ricoeur. 1. Eliade, M. 1953. Traité d’histoire des religions. Paris: Payot_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Eliade I Mircea Eliade mages et symboles. Essais sur le symbolisme magico-religieux German Edition: Images and Symbols. Studies in Religious Symbolism New York 1969 Ricoeur I Paul Ricoeur De L’interprétation. Essai sur Sigmund Freud German Edition: Die Interpretation. Ein Versuch über Freud Frankfurt/M. 1999 Ricoeur II Paul Ricoeur Interpretation theory: discourse and the surplus of meaning Fort Worth 1976 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-24