Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy

Karl Jaspers

Published by Yale University Press 2003

Way to Wisdom

An Introduction to Philosophy

Karl Jaspers
Translated by: Ralph Manheim

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300163575

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One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought. In Jaspers’ view, the source of philosophy is to be found “in wonder, in doubt, in a sense of forsakenness,” and the philosophical quest is a process of continual change and self-discovery. In a new foreword to this edition, Richard M. Owsley provides a brief overview of Jaspers’ life and achievement.

“An eloquent expression of a great hope that philosophy may again become an activity really relevant not only to the perennial problems of life and death but to the unusual configurations of such problems in our time.”—Julian N. Hartt, Yale Review

“Original, sincere, cultivated, and stimulating.”—Philosophy

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Jaspers Karl :

German philosopher, physician, and psychiatrist Karl Jaspers was born in 1883 and died in 1969. The great translator Ralph Manheim rendered in English such twentieth-century classics as Günter Grass’ The Tin Drum and Louis-Ferdin

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Foreword Richard M. Owsley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter I. What Is Philosophy? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter II. Sources of Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter III. The Comprehensive Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter IV. The Idea of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter V. The Unconditional Imperative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter VI. Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter VII. The World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Chapter VIII. Faith and Enlightenment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Chapter IX. The History of Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
Chapter X. The Independent Philosopher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Chapter XI. The Philosophical Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Chapter XII. The History of Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
APPENDICES
I. Philosophy and Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
II. On Reading Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
III. Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 240

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Published: May 11, 2003
ISBN: 9780300163575