Karl Jaspers Quote

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our scientific knowledge becomes.


Kleine Schule des philosophischen Denkens (1965), trans. R. F. C. Hull and G. Wels, Philosophy is for Everyman: A Short Course in Philosophical Thinking (1969)


On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our...

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our...

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our...

On the question of the world as a whole, science founders. For scientific knowledge the world lies in fragments, the more so the more precise our...