This work’s first section discusses how words derived from the Latin formatio were overtaken by the word Bildung in German. Ideas from this work’s section “Play as the Clue to Ontological Explanation” were developed further by the author two years later in the essay “On the Problem of Self-Understanding.” This work uses Hermann Helmholtz’s distinction between “logical” and “artistic-instinctive” induction to claim “the human sciences arrive at their conclusions by an unconscious process.” (10[1])Cultural preconditions create “historically-effected consciousness” according (10[1])to this book, (10[1])which states that prejudgments (10[1])provide the “fore-meanings” that lead to understanding. A dialogue between reader and text takes place through a “fusion of horizons” (10[2])according (10[1])to, (10[1])for 10 (10[2])points, what work of “philosophical hermeneutics” by (-5[1])Hans-Georg (10[1]-5[1])Gadamer (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[4])