Self-help β¦ Penny’s Take
The Course of Recognition
Paul RicΕur Β· 2005
66/100
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A rigorous and rewarding final statement from one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers, synthesizing a lifetime of thought on recognition, memory, and mutual regard. Reviewed seriously in top-tier philosophy journals and valuable to Ricoeur scholars β but the dense Continental prose makes it inaccessible to nearly everyone else, and it is badly misplaced in a Self-help pillar.
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