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Wilhelm Dilthey Quotes: If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context.
         

If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context.


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On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.

On the other hand, for the whole human being who wills, feels, and represents, external reality is given simultaneously and with as much certitude as his own self.



Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day.

Ancient metaphysics underwent many changes at the hands of medieval thinkers who brought it in line with the dominant religious and theological movements of their day.



Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature.

Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature.



What man is, only his history tells.

What man is, only his history tells.



The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing.

The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing.



The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.

The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.



From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon.

From the perspective of mere representation, the external world always remains only a phenomenon.



The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in his development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever he had to make an important decision.

The individual always realizes only one of the possibilities in his development, which could always have taken a different turning whenever he had to make an important decision.



The sciences which take socio-historical reality as their subject matter are seeking, more intensively than ever before, their systematic relations to one another and to their foundation.

The sciences which take socio-historical reality as their subject matter are seeking, more intensively than ever before, their systematic relations to one another and to their foundation.



No real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought.

No real blood flows in the veins of the knowing subject constructed by Locke, Hume, and Kant, but rather the diluted extract of reason as a mere activity of thought.





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Ennui had more distractions far more amusing than the automatons of a watchmaker in Mühlenberg.



Maybe, it wasn't stuck in my mind. Maybe, just maybe, it was stuck in my heart for so long that it grew wings and wanted to fly, but didn't know how.

Maybe, it wasn't stuck in my mind. Maybe, just maybe, it was stuck in my heart for so long that it grew wings and wanted to fly, but didn't know how.



The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better.

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A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

A fiancé is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.



I do not believe that a dog can be cured by a psychiatrist, but I think some owners could be helped by one.

I do not believe that a dog can be cured by a psychiatrist, but I think some owners could be helped by one.



I don't know if I am cut out to playing a bad character or not - I really should give it a shot. I would like to play the voice of a baddie, but that's really just a cop-out!

I don't know if I am cut out to playing a bad character or not - I really should give it a shot. I would like to play the voice of a baddie, but that's really just a cop-out!



Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.

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The way your parents try to talk to you about politics and pull you to their side, that's an exciting moment in your family.

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It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.

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