This six-page paper discusses the hermeneutical view of Paul Ricoeur, based on his work, "From Text to Action: Essays in Hermeneutics, II". Ricoeur's hermeneutics of text was directly related to self-understanding. To Ricoeur, the question of being was important, and even in his understanding of phenomenology was buried his interest in knowing oneself by way of one's experiences. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.