In hermeneutics, the hermeneutic circle (German: hermeneutischer Zirkel) is an iterative process of understanding a text (or an element of a text) through its context. It expresses the idea that interpretations of a part and the whole are mutually interdependent: an understanding of the whole is reached by reference to the individual parts, but an understanding of each individual part depends on an understanding of the whole.
In hermeneutics, the hermeneutic circle (German: hermeneutischer Zirkel) is an iterative process of understanding a text (or an element of a text) through its context. It expresses the idea that interpretations of a part and the whole are mutually interdependent: an understanding of the whole is reached by reference to the individual parts, but an understanding of each individual part depends on an understanding of the whole.
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