Karl Jaspers

Person · Open Library

Born

23 February 1883

Died

26 February 1969

Works

367

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1883-02-23

Active to

1969-02-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

51

Total plays

1,465

Karl Theodor Jaspers (February 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy. After being trained in and practicing psychiatry, Jaspers turned to philosophical inquiry and attempted to discover an innovative philosophical system. He was often viewed as a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, though he did not accept this label. Jaspers valued humanism and the continuity of integral cultural tradition in political spheres. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Karl+Jaspers">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology

   · 2015 · cited 29,082x

2. Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma

   · 2005 · cited 18,713x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,760x

4. An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

   · 2012 · cited 11,727x

5. Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

   · 2018 · cited 9,640x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan

1883–1969

Nationality

DE, CH, DEU

Role / Field

Psychiatrists, Psychiatrist, Psiquiatras, Philosophers, Philosopher, Theology

Language

ger, deu

Gender

Male

Recorded by 42 libraries

Quotes

• “Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.”
• “I approach the presentation of Kierkegaard with some trepidation. Next to Nietzsche, or rather, prior to Nietzsche, I consider him to be the most important thinker of our post-Kantian age. With Goethe and Hegel, an epoch had reached its conclusion, and our prevalent way of thinking — that is, the positivistic, natural-scientific one — cannot really be considered as philosophy.”
• “The Greek word for philosopher (philosophos) connotes a distinction from sophos. It signifies the lover of wisdom (knowledge) as distinguished from him who considers himself wise in the possession of knowledge. This meaning of the word still endures: the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth but the search for truth. … Philosophy means to be on the way. Its questions are more essential than its answers, and every answer becomes a new question.”
• “We cannot avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.”
• “Auch das gesteigertste psychologische Verstehen ist kein liebendes Verstehen.”
• “Der Lehrer der Liebe lehrt den Kampf, der Lehrer der lieblosen Isolierung von aller Welt aber die Ruhe.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Karl

Gender

male

Citizenship

Switzerland

Place of birth

Oldenburg

Place of death

Basel

Occupation

psychologist

Educated at

Heidelberg University

Employer

Heidelberg University

Languages spoken

German

Notable work

Axial Age

Academic degree

Doctor of Philosophy

Student of

Franz Nissl

Doctoral student

Jacob Marschak

Field of work

aesthetics

Movement

continental philosophy

Image

Karl Jaspers 1910.jpg

Work location

Heidelberg

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