Paul Ricoeur and the Metaphor of the Symphony

The title recalls a passage from Paul Ricoeur, taken from "Arts, Language and Hermeneutic Aesthetics.", Interview conducted by Jean-Marie Brohm and Magali Uhl (September 20, 1996 in Paris). The expression used by Ricoeur is symphony of the arts. However, we preferred to broaden the term „arts‟: not only to embrace other „languages‟ which are not strictly artistic, but also because it seemed that Ricoeur himself calls for a broadening of the „symphony‟ in this direction. We know that he was defined by many, and at various times, «the philosopher of all dialogues»