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1 online resource |
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1. Stages of an arduous but happy life -- 2. The encounter with two controversial thinkers: Max Weber and Martin Heidegger -- 3. What is the meaning of being human? - 4. Liberal ethos of humanity, morality and education -- 5. Transcendence and cipher metaphysics instead of religious belief in a personal God -- 6. Philosophical belief in reason as an alternative to religious belief in revelation -- 7. History and the Axial Age in world history -- 8. World history of philosophy and the vision of a future "world philosophy" -- 9. On the understanding of politics -- 10. Politics, reason and democratic culture -- 11. Provocative statements on German politics of the time -- 12. On the diversity of Jaspers' thinking -- 13. Effect and topicality |
| Summary |
This volume offers a review of the dangerous and difficult life of Karl Jaspers as well as an introduction to his extensive work and work in the fields of psychiatry, philosophy and liberal political education. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Karl Jaspers by Kurt Salamun, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969
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| SUBJECT |
Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969 fast |
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Philosophy of mind.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy -- Mind & Body.
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Philosophy -- Movements -- General.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783476058966 |
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3476058964 |
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