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
Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history. Karl Jaspers appropriatecharacterisehistory Change image and share on social
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 accomplishmentattainimpartial Change image and 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
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
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
The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls. Karl Jaspers beingchannelcommunity share on social