... verstehen. What is the nature and goal of verstehen, for example. How do we interpret it? What are its multiple layers and concerns? How do we untangle these multiple layers? This paper attempts to define the relationship between auslegung and verstehen. The paper assumes that in order to capture the answers on the problems already posed requires a general understanding and interpretation of the process of the hermeneutik. In other words, the paper will show that interpretation is the working out of understanding as evidenced by the German hermeneutic tradition. To do this requires us a review of the analytic of such hermeneutic tradition. Main considerations are the ideas of Schleiermacher, Droysen, Boeckh, Dilthey, Heidegger, and Gadamer. Auslegung & Verstehen in the German Hermeneutic Tradition Friedrich Schleiermacher is the best representation of a true watershed in hermeneutic development because he brought together and synthesized major trends from older schools and laid the foundation ...

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