Introduction to Philosophy. Philosophical Autobiography

The cycle of radio lectures by the German philosopher K. Jaspers titled «Introduction to Philosophy» serves as an introduction to the main themes of his philosophy and the issues of philosophical knowledge in general. Thinking about God in the tension between confessional faith and philosophy; man, in his objective reality and in his freedom; religious faith in its opposition to true and false enlightenment; the autonomy of the philosophizing individual in the world of culture; the laws and meaning of the history of philosophy - these are the main themes of the «Introduction». Jaspers' «Philosophical Autobiography» represents a «philosophizing look back», explaining to the reader the circumstances in which Jaspers' works arose and presenting, through the lens of memory, the inner logic of the development of the soul and mind. Why did the psychiatrist Jaspers turn to philosophy? Why did Jaspers pay such attention to the understanding of political issues far from metaphysics? The reader will find answers to these questions in this book.