The Origin and Goal of History by Jaspers, Karl - 1953

Routledge, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Routledge, 2011-04-11. Paperback. Used: Good.

New. 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 strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry and philosophy. He was Hannah Arendt's supervisor before her emigration to the United States in the 1930s and himself experienced the consequences of Nazi persecution. He was removed from his position at the University of Heidelberg in 1937, due to his wife being Jewish. Published in 1949, the year in which Federal Republic of Germany was founded, The Origin and Goal of History is a vitally important book. It is renowned for Jaspers' theory of an 'Axial Age', running from the 8th to 3rd century BCE. Jaspers argues that this period witnessed a remarkable flowering of new ways of thinking that appeared in Persia, India, China and the Greco-Roman world, in striking parallel development but without any obvious direct cultural contact… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Origin and Goal of History provides a crucial philosophical framework for the liberal renewal of German intellectual life, and European intellectual life more widely after 1945. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Forewor

Paperback / softback. New.

Yale University Press; 1965. Third printing. 294 pages including an Index. Cloth hardcover book in Fine condition. Dust jacket shows some sun fading to the spine.

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953. First U.S. . Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. A nice copy. Bump to lower spine. Patchy front gutter, wear to rear. small amount of pencil marginalia

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1953T. hardcover. Good. 1.1024 9.1339 6.5748.

Yale University Press, 1965. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. This is a 1953 First Edition. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.