Philosophy of Existence

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Karl Jaspers, Richard F. Grabau

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Pennsylvania Univ. Press
01 January 1971

Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology

Philosophy of Existence was first presented to the public as a series of lectures invited by The German Academy of Frankfurt. In preparing these lectures Jaspers, whom the Nazis had already dismissed from his professorship at Heidelberg, knew that he was speaking in Germany for the last time. Jaspers used the occasion to offer an account of the cultural and intellectual situation from which existentialism emerged as well as a summary of his own philosophy.

The book serves three purposes today: it brings the many strands of the existential movement into focus; it provides an overview of Jaspers's own philosophical position; and it demonstrates by example that philosophy need not be irrational, antiscientific, journalistic, or homiletic in order to be existential and engage. In this short book Jaspers provides a corrective for the popular view of existentialism as a pessimistic, irrationalist philosophy. He maintains that it is, rather part of mainstream of Western philosophy-the form that philosophy has taken in our day.

By: Karl Jaspers
Translated by: Richard F. Grabau
Imprint: Pennsylvania Univ. Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9780812210101
ISBN 10: 0812210107
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 01 January 1971
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Philosophy of Existence

""The finest introduction to Jaspers's own comprehensive philosophy and to existentialism as a philosophical movement."" * John R. Silber * ""The best single volume to introduce existentialism as a total philosopy."" * <i>Library Journal</i> *