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Karl Jaspers Quotes

Karl Jaspers quotes

Deutsch Psychologist, Philosopher February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969

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Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it. Karl Jaspers
Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy,..."
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost. Karl Jaspers
Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. Karl Jaspers
Just as primitive man believed himself to stand face to face with demons and believed that could he but know their names he would become their master, so is contemporary man faced by this incomprehensible, which disorders his calculations. "If I can but grasp it, if I can but cognise it", so he thinks, "I can make it my servant. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it..."
Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "Only as an individual can man become a philosopher."
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as..."
To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete..."
Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making..."
My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own. Karl Jaspers

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