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Abstract
Ricoeur thinks that for the very first time in history, “we
experience ourselves as a single humanity which enlarges its
capital, its instruments and means of working, living and
thinking.”4 Yet, radical situations determine the way people
think and live. Ricoeur explains to us that “for one, the state,
has the face of the magistrate; for the other, it has the face of
the beast.”5 Thus, for him, the state is both the face of justice
and oppression.6 The state, in this respect, is a modern day
12 Ibid.
13 Ricoeur, Political and Social Essays, 202
14 Ricoeur, “The Political Structure of Society,” 3
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Ibid.
18 Garcia, “The Meaning of Human Existence…,” 18
Philippine Democracy and the Political Structure of Society 5
19Ibid.
20Ricoeur, History and Truth, 275; as cited in Garcia, “The
Meaning of Human Existence…,” 7
6 Christopher Ryan Maboloc, PhD
27 Ibid., 205
28 Ibid.
29 Ibid., 206
Philippine Democracy and the Political Structure of Society 9
References
36Ibid., 34
37Ricoeur, History and Truth, 312; as cited in Garcia, “The
Meaning of Human Existence…,” 41
38 Ricoeur, Political and Social Essays, 212
39 Ricoeur, History and Truth, 312; as cited in Garcia, “The