The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding…

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Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

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

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

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.

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is...

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is...

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time;...

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time;...

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and...

I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and...

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of...

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of...

Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not...

Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not...

If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is...

If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is...

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to...

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to...

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time;...

Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time;...

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more...

The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more...

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

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

Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of...

Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of...

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

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

The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of...

The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of...

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.

The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated...

The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated...

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.