May I congratulate you on founding the International Institute for Hermeneutics. Institutions such as yours are essential if we are to shelter the never ending task of interpretation. I am happy to join you as an honorary member of your International Advisory Board. The mission of the IIH meets with my wholehearted support. I understand your vision of a general hermeneutics that embraces the human, social, and natural sciences as a welcome Wirkungsgeschichte of my own work. I wish the IIH every success with continuing the exploration into the phenomenon of understanding and the interpretation of what has been understood.
Hans-Georg Gadamer to Andrzej Wiercinski