What man needs is not just the persistent posing of ultimate questions, but the sense of what is feasible, what is possible, what is correct, here and now. The philosopher, of all people, must, I think, be aware of the tension between what he claims to achieve and the reality in which he finds himself. HansGeorg Gadamer
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The fact that he is a philosopher makes him aware of the tension between what he claims to achieve and the reality in which he finds himself. He must be fully conscious of this tension for he is the one who must claim the impossible.

Source: Truth And Method

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