In old days the plastic arts, music, and poesy were so germane to man in his totality that his Transcendence plainly manifest in them. ... What is to… - Karl Jaspers

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In old days the plastic arts, music, and poesy were so germane to man in his totality that his Transcendence plainly manifest in them. ... What is to-day obvious to all is a decay in the essence of art. ... the opposition to man's true nature as man.

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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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Avšak každý z nás má vinu, pokud zůstal nečinný. Vina pasivity je jiná. Bezmocnost omlouvá, neúčinná smrt se morálně nepožaduje. Už Platon pokládal za samozřejmé, že je třeba skrýt se ve zlých dobách a beznadějných poměrech a zůstat naživu. Ale pasivita ví, že je morálně vinna každým selháním, které zanedbává povinnost chopit se jakékoli možné aktivity k ochraně ohrožených, k ulehčení bezpráví, k odpírání zlu. V bezmocném podrobení zůstávalo vždy volné pole pro aktivitu, která sice nebyla bez nebezpečí, ale při obezřelosti mohla být účinná. Jednotlivec bude muset uznat, že promeškal-li úzkostlivě tuto příležitost, je morálně vinen.

how I longed to find an authority above the nations, a law above all states, capable of giving legal aid to an individual abused and rendered without rights by his state.

There exists a solidarity among men as human beings that makes each co-responsible for every wrong and every injustice in the world, especially for crimes committed in his presence or with his knowledge. If I fail to do whatever I can to prevent them, I too am guilty.

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