We are more than all our knowledge. What we know confronts an infinitely encompassing unknown. The world is a mystery, and each of us is a mystery to… - Karl Jaspers

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We are more than all our knowledge. What we know confronts an infinitely encompassing unknown. The world is a mystery, and each of us is a mystery to himself.

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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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Byla to zajisté spoluvina nás všech v Německu, že jsme upadli do těchto politických poměrů, že jsme ztratili svobodu a museli žít pod despotickou vládou nekulturních, hrubých lidí. Ale směli jsme si zároveň říci ke své úlevě, že jsme se stali obětí aktů zamaskovaného porušení práva kombinovaných s akty násilí. Jako má člověk, jemuž bylo ublíženo, zajištěné ve státě své právo státním řádem, tak jsme doufali i my, že evropský řád takové státní zločiny nepřipustí.

Imminent seems the collapse of that which for millennium has constituted man's universe. The new world which has arisen as an apparatus for supply of the necessaries of life compels everything and everyone to serve it. It annihilates whatever it has no place for person seems to be going undergoing absorption into that which is nothing more than a means to an end, into that which is devoid of purpose of significance.

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Filosofia se trădează pe sine atunci când degenerează în dogmatism, adică într-o ştiinţă fixată în formule, definitivă, completă. A face filozofie înseamnă a fi pe drum; în filozofie întrebările sunt mult mai importante decât răspunsurile, şi fiecare răspuns devine o nouă întrebare

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