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Ricoeur, Paul. 51 letters and letter cards in French to the Danish philosopher Peter Kemp, 30 handwritten, 21 typewritten with signature and handwritten additions. Together ca. 50 pp., plus carbon copies and copies of some counter-letters and other correspondence by Kemp, typescripts by Ricoeur, lecture programs, etc. Paris, Châtenay, Chicago and others, 1969-2002. 8 x 12.5 cm to 29.5 x 21 cm. Many with the original envelopes. Archive collection by Peter Kemp (1937-2018), who made the thought of the great French philosopher known in the Northern European world from 1970 onwards through Danish and English translations. Ricoeur (1913-2005) is famous for his phenomenological-hermeneutic description of human will as well as his philosophical analysis of language and history. His work was the result of discussions with Husserl, Heidegger, Jaspers and Freud. - These letters - in Ricoeur's later years often short messages - document the rapid development of a lifelong friendship, Kemp's commitment through translations, articles, the organization of a lecture series in Denmark and Sweden in 1987, Ricoeur's life and travels from 1970 (including his time in Chicago), and not least the discussion of individual philosophical and linguistic issues. These include, for example, a three-page typescript commentary by Ricoeur on Kemp's essay "Langages de l'engagement" from 1975, corrected and signed in his own hand (also with a signed carbon copy and a copy of the reprint in the "Bulletin de philosophie"). A handwritten speech manuscript by Kemp for Ricoeur's presentation at the Institut Francais Danemark is dated 29.V.1979 (6 pp.). - Among Ricoeur's speech and essay drafts preserved in Kemp's archive: 1. "Soutenance" (defense) for Kemp's doctorate in 1973. Typescript. 6 p., corrected and signed in his own hand. - 2. parole et écriture. 1984. typescript copy. 14 p., corrected with opaque white and typewriter. - 3 Grandeur et Misère du Langage Politique. No year. Copy of the corrected and signed typescript, with pencil underlining. 1 leaf, 44 pp. - Further manuscript copies. - Well preserved. VAT: #
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Ricoeur, Paul. 51 letters and letter cards in French to the Danish philosopher Peter Kemp, 30 handwritten, 21 typewritten with signature and handwritten additions. Together ca. 50 pp., plus carbon copies and copies of some counter-letters and other correspondence by Kemp, typescripts by Ricoeur, lecture programs, etc. Paris, Châtenay, Chicago and others, 1969-2002. 8 x 12.5 cm to 29.5 x 21 cm. Many with the original envelopes. Archive collection by Peter Kemp (1937-2018), who made the thought of the great French philosopher known in the Northern European world from 1970 onwards through Danish and English translations. Ricoeur (1913-2005) is famous for his phenomenological-hermeneutic description of human will as well as his philosophical analysis of language and history. His work was the result of discussions with Husserl, Heidegger, Jaspers and Freud. - These letters - in Ricoeur's later years often short messages - document the rapid development of a lifelong friendship, Kemp's commitment through translations, articles, the organization of a lecture series in Denmark and Sweden in 1987, Ricoeur's life and travels from 1970 (including his time in Chicago), and not least the discussion of individual philosophical and linguistic issues. These include, for example, a three-page typescript commentary by Ricoeur on Kemp's essay "Langages de l'engagement" from 1975, corrected and signed in his own hand (also with a signed carbon copy and a copy of the reprint in the "Bulletin de philosophie"). A handwritten speech manuscript by Kemp for Ricoeur's presentation at the Institut Francais Danemark is dated 29.V.1979 (6 pp.). - Among Ricoeur's speech and essay drafts preserved in Kemp's archive: 1. "Soutenance" (defense) for Kemp's doctorate in 1973. Typescript. 6 p., corrected and signed in his own hand. - 2. parole et écriture. 1984. typescript copy. 14 p., corrected with opaque white and typewriter. - 3 Grandeur et Misère du Langage Politique. No year. Copy of the corrected and signed typescript, with pencil underlining. 1 leaf, 44 pp. - Further manuscript copies. - Well preserved. VAT: #
