Testimony should be a philosophical problem and not limited to legal or historical contexts where it refers to the account of a witness who reports what he has seen. – Paul Ricoeur
Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature. – Paul Ricoeur
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. – Paul Ricoeur
The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own…. It would be an understatement to say that these books lean on one another. To compare them is to stroll through a glorious jungle of incestuous mutual plagiarism. – James Gleick, 1993