Hey guys, I need some help finding a good book by Karl Jaspers. I'm interested in reading his 'great philosophers' books, especially those on the presocratic philosophers, but I'm worried about the authenticity of them. Most articles about Jaspers don't say much about the great philosophers, mostly focusing on his psychopathology and his book on 'german guilt' but one description I found of the book says that he didn't even write the great philosophers. Rather that the books are just a specially curated collection of his lecture prompts. Does anyone know about Jaspers? And can anyone second that these books as they are available are not really his?
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Reply to /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 20, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt
Hey guys, I need some help finding a good book by Karl Jaspers. I'm interested in reading his 'great philosophers' books, especially those on the presocratic philosophers, but I'm worried about the authenticity of them. Most articles about Jaspers don't say much about the great philosophers, mostly focusing on his psychopathology and his book on 'german guilt' but one description I found of the book says that he didn't even write the great philosophers. Rather that the books are just a specially curated collection of his lecture prompts. Does anyone know about Jaspers? And can anyone second that these books as they are available are not really his?