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"Twelve Lectures on Philosophy for Young People" Author: [Germany] Karl Jaspers Publisher: Hunan People's Publishing House Producer: Pu Rui Culture
"Twelve Lectures on Philosophy for Young People" Author: [Germany] Karl Jaspers Publisher: Hunan People's Publishing House Producer: Pu Rui Culture
Description
Introduction · · · · · ·
☆ Plato can be a close friend, but truth is more worthy of love
☆ An introductory book on philosophy written for young people by Jaspers, an important philosopher with global influence in the 20th century and a master of existentialism
☆Man, world, history, faith and enlightenment... 12 aspects of philosophy to tell you what philosophy is
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"Twelve Lectures on Philosophy for Young People" is an introductory book on philosophy written by German philosopher Karl Jaspers for young people. This was originally a series of his radio lectures. Jaspers explained his profound philosophical thoughts in a popular and popular way, and created this book based on the lecture notes.
This book expounds some basic ideas of philosophy from twelve aspects, including what is philosophy, the origin of philosophy, man, the world, faith and enlightenment, the history of mankind, the independence of philosophical thinkers, the way of life of philosophy, and the history of philosophy, so that readers can have a concrete feeling about philosophy. Finally, he made concise comments on some influential philosophers in history and Western and Eastern philosophy, and also provided his own simple and frank suggestions on how young people can learn philosophy.
Different from general philosophical works, this book is concise yet profound, with fluent and easy-to-read language. It does not contain difficult-to-remember and annoying philosophical terms and dogmas. It is very helpful for young people to understand the basic propositions of philosophy and cultivate interest and hobbies in philosophy.
About the Author · · · · · ·
By Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers
An important philosopher with global influence in the 20th century and an outstanding representative of existentialism. He was a professor at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Basel. He was the teacher and lifelong friend of Hannah Arendt, and had a profound influence on important thinkers such as Heidegger, Sartre, Gadamer, and Camus. He wrote "The Mental State of the Times", "On the Origin and Goal of History", "Rationality and Anti-rationality of Our Time", "Psychology of Worldview", "Philosophy of Existence", etc.
Translated by Xu Xianjun
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the School of Humanities, Tongji University, concurrently Director of the Department of Psychology, and member of the Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Mental Health Association. He has been engaged in research on modern Western philosophy, phenomenological psychopathology, etc. for many years. He has written "Embodied Cognition" and "The Significance of Phenomenology to Cognitive Science", and translated "Consciousness Beyond Life" and "Human Self-Understanding".