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Karl Jaspers
AuthorBooks · Second hand1883-1969
Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
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About Karl Jaspers
Birth
1883
Death
1969
Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy. His 1913 work General Psychopathology influenced many later diagnostic criteria, and argued for a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" delusions.
Karl Jaspers began his professional career as a psychiatrist before fully dedicating himself to philosophy.
His thought transformed Kantianism by focusing on subjective experience and spontaneous freedom.
He is renowned for coining the concept of the Axial Age to explain key moments in world history.
Throughout his life, Jaspers explored diverse disciplines such as theology, medicine, and political theory.
Born in Oldenburg, this German thinker eventually became a fundamental figure in Swiss intellectual life.
