Originally published in German as part of Die grossen philosophen I by R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munchen, 1957
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"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book"
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Bibliography: v.1, p. 383-393
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Karl Jaspers; edited by Hannah Arendt; translated by Ralph Manheim
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]1[ The foundations: The paradigmatic individuals: Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus. The seminal founders of philosophical thought: Plato, Augustine, Kant.-- ]2[ The original thinkers: Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Spinoza, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna.-- ]4[ The disturbers: Descartes, Pascal, Lesing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche. Philosophers in other realms: Einstein, Weber, Marx