Reason is the inextinguishable impulse to philosophize with whose destruction reason itself is destroyed. - Karl Jaspers

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Reason is the inextinguishable impulse to philosophize with whose destruction reason itself is destroyed.

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About Karl Jaspers

Karl Theodor Jaspers (23 February 1883 – 26 February 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher. Among his most well known contributions is his idea of the Axial Age [Achsenzeit].

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Native Name: Karl Theodor Jaspers
Alternative Names: Karl Theodor Jasper
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To philosophize is to learn to die – philosophizing is a soaring up to the Godhead – the knowledge of Being as Being.

“Philosophy and Science”, World Review Magazine (March 1950).

The mass-man has very little spare time, does not live a life that appertains to a whole, does not want to exert himself except for some concrete aim which can be expressed in terms of utility; he will not wait patiently while things ripen; everything for him must provide some immediate gratification; and even his mental life must minister to his fleeting pleasures. That is why the essay has become the customary form of literature, why newspapers are taking the place of books... People read quickly and cursorily.

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Je však nesmyslné morálně obviňovat nějaký národ jako celek. Není národního charakteru v tom smyslu, že by jej sdílel každý jednotlivý příslušník národa. Existuje ovšem společenství jazyka, mravů, obyčejů a původu. Ale v něm jsou zároveň možné tak velké rozdíly, že lidé, kteří hovoří touže řečí, si v ní přece mohou zůstávat tak cizí, jako by vůbec nepatřili k témuž národu.

Morálně lze vždy posuzovat jen jednotlivce, nikdy ne kolektiv.

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