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.

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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.

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...

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 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 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...

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 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 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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

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...

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,...

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

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...

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.

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...