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Karl Jaspers quotes: Existenz only becomes clear through reason; reason only has content through Existenz.

Existenz only becomes clear through reason; reason only has content through Existenz.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

Greatness of mind becomes an object of love only when the power at work in it itself has a noble character

Karl Jaspers quotes: Tragedy occurs whenever awareness exceeds power; and particularly where awareness of a major need exceeds the power to satisfy it.

Tragedy occurs whenever awareness exceeds power; and particularly where awareness of a major need exceeds the power to satisfy it.

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

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 quotes: When language is used without true significance, it loses its purpose as a means of communication and becomes an end in itself.

When language is used without true significance, it loses its purpose as a means of communication and becomes an end in itself.

Karl Jaspers quotes: My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.

My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.

Karl Jaspers quotes: A scientific approach means knowing what one knows and what one doesn't. Absolute or complete knowledge is unscientific.

A scientific approach means knowing what one knows and what one doesn't. Absolute or complete knowledge is unscientific.

Karl Jaspers quotes: I live in a kind of tension between the will to say yes to my suffering, and my inability to utter this yes with complete sincerity.

I live in a kind of tension between the will to say yes to my suffering, and my inability to utter this yes with complete sincerity.

Karl Jaspers quotes: The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature.

The soul of a landscape, the spirits of the elements, the genius of every place will be revealed to a loving view of nature.

Karl Jaspers quotes: What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

What makes us afraid is our great freedom in the face of the emptiness that has still to be filled.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Only in those moments when I exercise my freedom am I fully myself.

Only in those moments when I exercise my freedom am I fully myself.

Karl Jaspers quotes: To decide to become a philosopher seemed as foolish to me as to decide to become a poet.

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

Karl Jaspers quotes: Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.

Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community.

Karl Jaspers quotes: At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Reason is the inextinguishable impulse to philosophize with whose destruction reason itself is destroyed.

Reason is the inextinguishable impulse to philosophize with whose destruction reason itself is destroyed.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.

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

Karl Jaspers quotes: We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

Karl Jaspers quotes: All democracies demand common public education because nothing makes people so much alike as the same education.

All democracies demand common public education because nothing makes people so much alike as the same education.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

Karl Jaspers quotes: The moment is the sole reality.

The moment is the sole reality.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Karl Jaspers quotes: Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

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 quotes: As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.

As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.