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New edition of Karl Jaspers' The Origin and Goal of History draws readers

Original: The Origin and Goal of History by Karl Jaspers & Christopher Thornhill, 2021 Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) was a German psych

A 2021 edition of Karl Jaspers' The Origin and Goal of History, introduced by Christopher Thornhill, is being discussed among readers. Jaspers (1883–1969), the German psychiatrist and philosopher and a leading exponent of German existentialism, is described as one of the most original European thinkers of the twentieth century, and the book revisits his influential account of the Axial Age.

Why now: Readers are highlighting a new edition of a twentieth-century philosophical classic and Jaspers' lasting relevance.

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• The Origin and Goal of History by Karl Jaspers & Christopher Thornhill, 2021 Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) was a German psychiatrist and philosopher and one of the most original European thinkers of the twentieth century. As a major exponent of existentialism in Germany, he had a… · appassionato · 8

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