On EXILE AS ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE IN TRANSLATION

Abstract

Paul Ricœur, the twentieth-century thinker, has long been considered a diplomat of philosophical exchange between most often irreconcilable viewpoints on philosophy, ethics,
history, literary theory, religion, and politics. Hence, his lessons on translation (On Translation, 2004/2006) are not just practical theory but telling examples of good practice of dialogue based on depth of conviction and acuity of evaluation in equal measure. His thinking —that of a dialogic/ diacritical hermeneutist, as Richard Kearney (2006) qualifies him—represents both philosophy as translation and the philosophy of translation (2006: ix-x).