Karl Theodor Jaspers / Karl Jaspers / Philosophy

KARL THEODOR JASPERS WAS A GERMAN-SWISS PSYCHIATRIST AND PHILOSOPHER WHO HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE ON MODERN THEOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, AND PHILOSOPHY. AFTER BEING TRAINED IN AND PRACTICING PSYCHIATRY, JASPERS TURNED TO PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY AND ATTEMPTED TO DISCOVER AN INNOVATIVE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM. HE WAS OFTEN VIEWED AS A MAJOR EXPONENT OF EXISTENTIALISM IN GERMANY, THOUGH HE DID NOT ACCEPT THE LABEL. #historyandphilosophy #karljaspers #existentialism #axialage #philosophy #education #innabesedina #selfdevelopment #selfeducation #jaspers