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This book paints a brief picture of Karl Jaspers' unusual life and philosophy. The reader gets to know a brave personality who had to face a life between extremes. Threatened by an incurable disease and harassed by the Nazi regime, Jaspers nevertheless succeeds in building a fruitful work as a psychiatrist, researcher, academic teacher, philosopher and political writer and living an unusually happy marriage in the process. The reader is introduced to the main themes of his thinking: the meaning of life in borderline situations, interpersonal communication, God, the meaning of history and the defense of democracy. His criticism of illiberal totalitarian ways of thinking,
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Mind & Body in PhilosophyTable of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Stages of an Arduous but Happy Life
- 2. Encounter with Two Controversial Thinkers: Max Weber and Martin Heidegger
- 3. What Is the Meaning of Being Human?
- 4. Liberal Ethos of Humanity, Science and Education
- 5. Transcendence and the Metaphysics of Ciphers Instead of the Belief in Revelation of a Personal God
- 6. Philosophical Faith in Reason as an Alternative to Religious Faith in Revelation
- 7. On the Meaning of History and the Axial Age in World History
- 8. World History of Philosophy and Vision of a âWorld Philosophyâ
- 9. Provocative Statements on German Policy of His Time
- 10. Political Philosopher or Merely Political Writer?
- 11. The Idea of Democracy, Reason and Politics
- 12. On the Versatility of Jaspersâ Thinking
- 13. Impact and Topicality
- Back Matter
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