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This 15 page paper thoroughly analyzes the ideas and theories of Paul Ricoeur on his idea of the Narrative Self, the influence of Artistotle on the development of his own philosophy of self identity, Mimesis stages, and counter arguments to his conclusions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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meaning of life? Paul Ricoeur believes that a great deal of these answers lie in the definition for each individual of the narrative self. Paul Ricoeur strove to determine the
answer to the "Who am I?" and the "How Should I live?" questions of self-identity. As far as Ricoeur is concerned most of the modern analytical philosophers have completely neglected
to plumb the depths of these very fundamental questions. As a result, most of the philosophies that he has examined in the modern or post-modern era lack the ability to
address both questions. For one thing, he seems to be saying, modern philosophy believes that one should not be told how to live, but that living is determined by the
individual and no one philosophy can begin to touch upon the various aspects of the individual need. In most philosophies the idea
of identity being formed by family, cultural, political or religious relationships is rejected. Thus, the focus of the who at the expense of the how has left modern philosophy at
a standstill, he believes. It is for this reason that a great deal of his development of the narrative self theory arose from a study of the philosophers such as
Marcel, Heidegger, Aristotle and Kant(Thompson 1981). Ricoeur believes that in order to get to the bottom line, which is to know oneself, one must understand the nature of selfhood and
why mankind seeks to know and understand his own narrative above all of the other animals. He makes an interesting point in
that he suggests that mankind apart from any other living being on the planet questions his existence and his place in the scheme of things. All of the animals know
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