Man is not an eternal essence but a historical being.
Der Mensch ist nicht eine ewige Wesenheit, sondern ein historisches Wesen.
Philosophers
Wilhelm Dilthey
German philosopher and historian (1833-1911) who founded the methodology of the human sciences. Against natural-scientific explanation he set hermeneutic understanding (Verstehen), shaping Heidegger and Gadamer.
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