Reason and Existenz

Name: Reason and Existenz
Author: Karl Jaspers

by Karl Jaspers

Existential philosophy on reason, transcendence, and human freedom

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Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss philosopher and psychiatrist who was one of the founders of modern existentialism. General Psychopathology is a foundational text of psychiatry; Philosophy is his major philosophical work exploring existenz, transcendence, and the boundary situations of life. He was suspended from his professorship by the Nazis.

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