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Karl Jaspers

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Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.


— Karl Jaspers


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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


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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.


— Karl Jaspers


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Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.


— Karl Jaspers


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The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.


— Karl Jaspers


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To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.


— Karl Jaspers


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This has become known as the biographical method and now forms the mainstay of modern psychiatric practice. The post later became permanent and Jaspers never returned to clinical practice. Nietzsche gained importance for me only late as the magnificent revelation of nihilism and the task of overcoming it.

He was often viewed as a major exponent of existentialism in Germany though he did not accept this label. After being trained in and practicing psychiatry Jaspers turned to philosophical inquiry and attempted to discover an innovative philosophical system.

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