We inherit a tradition of meaning, but each generation must ... - Edmund Husserl

"We inherit a tradition of meaning, but each generation must reappropriate and renew it for themselves."

Edmund Husserl History

Philosopher German 1859–1938

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"The natural world is the world of intuition and experience"

"Philosophy as a rigorous science must begin with radical doubt"

"Consciousness is always consciousness of something"

"We must go back to the things themselves"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."