Birth of Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur is born in Valence in southeastern France.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Paul Ricoeur Biography and Timeline
Follow Paul Ricoeur through 10 dated historical records for France.
Paul Ricoeur, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
10Distinct records
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1913–2005Years on this page
1913
1950
Freedom and Nature
Ricoeur publishes Freedom and Nature: The Voluntary and the Involuntary, beginning his philosophy of the will.
1955
History and Truth
Ricoeur publishes History and Truth, collecting essays on historical knowledge, ethics and political responsibility.
1960
Fallible Man
Ricoeur publishes Fallible Man as part of his investigation of human finitude and responsibility.
The Symbolism of Evil
Ricoeur publishes The Symbolism of Evil, developing his hermeneutics of symbols and human fault.
1965
Freud and Philosophy
Ricoeur publishes Freud and Philosophy, a major study of psychoanalysis and interpretation.
1975
The Rule of Metaphor
Ricoeur publishes The Rule of Metaphor, analysing metaphor as a source of semantic innovation.
1983
Time and Narrative
Ricoeur begins publishing the three-volume Time and Narrative, connecting narrative form with human experience of time.
2000
Memory History Forgetting
Ricoeur publishes Memory, History, Forgetting, examining remembrance, historical representation and forgetting.
2005
Death of Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur dies at his home in Chatenay-Malabry.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.