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Jaspers, Karl, 1883-1969.

Reason and Existenz : five lectures / Karl Jaspers ; Translated with an introd. by William Earle. - [New York : Noonday Press, 1955] - 157 p. ; 22 cm.

First lecture : origin of the contemporary philosophic situation (the historical meaning of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche) -- Second through fourth lectures : basic ideas for the clarification of reason and Existenz: -- Second lecture: the encompassing -- Third lecture: truth as communicability -- Fourth lecture: priority and limits of rational thinking -- Fifth lecture : possibilities for contemporary philosophizing.

The intent of Jaspers' philosophizing then is simply to recall us to our authentic situation. This recall is not itself a doctrine; it is only the stimulus to an inward action each must perform for himself in communication with others. Jaspers' Existenz-philosophy is thus an attempt to consider and enact human honesty; it is philosophy, not as wisdom, but as the love of wisdom.

LCCN: 55008231

Subjects--Personal Names:
Kierkegaard, Søeren, 1813-1855.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reason.
Razum --Filozofsko gledište.
Existentialism.
Egzistencijalizam--Filozofija.

LC Class. No.: B3279.J33 / V414

Dewey Class. No.: 193.9