The first thing we can say of life is that it is a nexus.
Das erste, was wir vom Leben aussagen können, ist, dass es ein Zusammenhang ist.
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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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