Great philosopher

Author: (German) Karl Jaspers / Li Xuetao
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Karl Jaspers is one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. The Great Philosophers is only one volume of the three monumental works he envisioned. In this book, Jaspers moves beyond the existentialist philosophy framework still centered on Europe and focuses on the originality of philosophical works and similar modes of thinking. He categorizes outstanding philosophers worldwide into three types: creators of modes of thinking, synthesizers of speculation, and original metaphysicians. This book is a masterful academic (paradigm) of writing about great thinkers, rich in materials, well-structured, highly academic, profound in thought, incisive in analysis, and accurate in commentary, making it a valuable academic reference. The Great Philosophers is the only completed volume of the three monumental works Jaspers conceived in his later years, published in Germany in 1957. In this book, Jaspers breaks free from his existentialist philosophy framework still centered on Europe and also overcomes the chronological writing method of the history of philosophy. Instead, he categorizes outstanding philosophers worldwide into three types—creators of modes of thinking, synthesizers of speculation, and original metaphysicians—based on the originality of their philosophical works and similar modes of thinking, and elaborates in detail on their brilliant philosophical ideas. This book truly embodies the grand style of writing about great thinkers, is highly academic, rich in materials, clear in structure, profound in thought, and incisive in analysis.