Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them

Quote by Karl Jaspers

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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied...

The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own...

I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

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...

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...

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,...