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Hans-Georg Gadamer

It was clear to me that the forms of consciousness of our inherited and acquired historical education - aesthetic consciousness and historical consciousness - presented alienated forms of our true historical being.

Hans-Georg Gadamer

Education

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Gadamer is saying that the way we understand history and art through traditional education feels disconnected from our real experience of history itself. He believes these ways of thinking create a distorted or unfamiliar version of our genuine historical identity.

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