Abstract
This study is based on the German philosophical hermeneutics of the 20th century, focusing primarily on Gadamer, complemented by his predecessor Heidegger. In an effort to prevent everything being translated into speech, hermeneutics assumes that every utterance is pre-motivated, that the question precedes an answer, that understanding is the result of belonging to an ongoing tradition, that a dialogue with other is the only way understanding emerges, and that understanding is a dialogue with an unspoken.
Hence, the principal linguisticality of human experience is claimed. This relationship of the triangle between human - understanding - dialogue is thematized, with an emphasis on man as a linguistic human being.