Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.

Quote by Karl Jaspers

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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 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...

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 can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

Philosophy can only be approached with the most concrete comprehension.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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;...

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...

Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality...

Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the...

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.