This paper reformulates the analogy between text and action in Paul
Ricœur’s philosophy. My hypothesis is that such a
reformulation better contextualizes the tensions in
Ricœur’s practical philosophy, specifically between the
social and the institutional. The aim is to show that
Ricœur’s philosophy is tensional because it’s
based on the principle of analogy. In order to think about this tension, we must
grasp its true horizon: the analogy of text and action. After outlining this
analogy’s genesis, we will see that each of these
terms—text, action, analogy—is determined by a
“grammar of analogy,” which conditions all of
Ricœur’s speeches and has its roots in his interpretation
of intentionality.