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Karl Jaspers Quotes

Karl Jaspers quotes about philosophy

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

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Karl Jaspers quote: "Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy..."
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work. Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers quote: "As a universal history of philosophy, the history of..."
As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity. Karl Jaspers
If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts. Karl Jaspers
The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought. Karl Jaspers
The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. 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
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: "Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete..."
Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension. Karl Jaspers

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