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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Main Author: Chackalackal, Saju (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2005
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.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma