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Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy, Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene)

2 reviews
Karl Jaspers

Yale University Press, 2003

An introduction to philosophising by Karl Jaspers
This book originated from 12 radio talks given by Karl Jaspers, right after World War II. It is written in an extremely lucid and direct manner, and it is more of an introduction to the art, or process, of philosophising rather than to philosophy itself as a discipline. In this book existential philosophy, the brand of philosophy so successfuly cultivated by Jaspers, is described, so to speak, ...

Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From The Great Philosophers, Volume I

6 reviews
Karl Jaspers

Harvest/HBJ Book, 1966

Made a big impression on me!
Aside from being an intelligently written book, I gave this book 5 stars because it made a big impression on me. Jaspers explanation of Confucius made the strength of Confucious's teaching clear. Now I'm very interested in Confucious and am reading more books about him. In that respect, this slim volume changed my life: It brought Confucious to life. What's more, by explaining Confucius's ...

Myth & Christianity: An Inquiry Into The Possibility Of Religion Without Myth
Karl Jaspers, Rudolf Bultmann

Prometheus Books, 2005

Two of the most brilliant German thinkers of the twentieth century were Karl Jaspers and Rudolf Bultmann. Jaspers, the philosopher, and Bultmann, the theologian, were both influenced by the philosophy of Martin Heidegger and the rise of the existentialist movement. Late in their careers they interacted on the subject of Bultmann?s attempt to divest Christianity of its mythical components and make sense of it in more modern terms. This work is ...

The Question of German Guilt

2 reviews
Karl Jaspers

Capricorn Books, 1961

Collective Liability but No Collective Guilt, According to Jaspers
The following review is based on the original (1947) English-language edition. What Karl Jaspers means by guilt, in all of its types (see pp. 31-32), has already been discussed by another reviewer, and will not be repeated here. Jaspers has, correctly or incorrectly, been considered an existentialist. In either case, his work includes a considerable emphasis on personal moral reflection. ...

Philosophy of Existence (Works in Continental Philosophy)

1 review
Karl Jaspers

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1971

Fantastic overview of Jaspers' thought
Written between "Philosophie" and "Von der Wahrheit," this slim volume provides a fantastic and surprisingly readable overview of Jaspers' metaphysics. Based on a series of lectures, the text is less technical than Philosophie; however, Jaspers manages to explain the Encompassing, Transcendence, Existenz and Ciphers in moderate detail. I found Grabau's translation much more lucid than the texts ...

Correspondence 1926-1969

3 reviews
Hannah Arendt, Karl Jaspers

Harvest Books, 1993

More Than a Correspondence - A Dialogue
In 1926 Hannah Arendt was a student of Karl Jaspers at Heidelberg University. What began as the questions of a student to her teacher in 1926 blossomed into a friendly correspondence that ended with Arendt's forced emigration from Nazi Germany to the United States, with a stopover in France in the 30s, and then resumed in the Postwar years completely transformed into a rich, detailed dialogue ...

Reason and Existenz: Five Lectures (Marquette Studies in Philosophy, No 11)

2 reviews
Karl Jaspers

Marquette University Press, 1996

Gem of a Book
Jasper's book is one of those books that you are so impressed by you work to memorize and apply in all thinking processes. His discription of existentialism in one's chaotic center of concealed knowledge with how we perceive reality is essential and the foundation behind all thinking in philosophy, science and religion. Jasper speaks of all thinking within a horizon that can be transcended. All ...

General Psychopathology

8 reviews
Karl Jaspers

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

General Psychopathology
General Psychopathology This two volume work by Karl Jaspers, who taught psychiatry and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and philosophy at the University of Basel, used to be required reading for doctors training in psychiatry. Sadly this is no longer the case in psychiatry and it must be the rare clinical psychologist or other professional in contact with psychopathology who is ...