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 essentialgreathistory share on social
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 applicabilitymoralityphilosophy Change image and share on social
I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker's questions to become comprehensible. Karl Jaspers comprehensiblediscoverenter Change image and share on social
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 actionattaincritical share on social
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 achieveconsciousnessdepend Change image and share on social
Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work. Karl Jaspers approachbirthdayfortieth Change image and share on social
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 appropriationattitudecontent share on social
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 aspectfictioninterest Change image and share on social
At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost. Karl Jaspers coherentexisthegel Change image and share on social
As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity. Karl Jaspers greathistoryphilosophy Change image and share on social
