{"id":13014,"date":"2023-03-22T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T09:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/karl-jaspers\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:08:24","slug":"karl-jaspers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/en\/biographies\/karl-jaspers\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Jaspers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13014\" class=\"elementor elementor-13014 elementor-8326\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a9c89c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a9c89c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e7a9aa7\" data-id=\"1e7a9aa7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20d245a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20d245a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Karl Jaspers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58cbfedb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58cbfedb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(born 1883 in Oldenburg \u2013 died 1969 in Basel)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-396917e elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"396917e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c1a5e0\" data-id=\"9c1a5e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c1bafd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c1bafd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Tolerance must not exist towards intolerance if such cannot be treated with indifference as harmless, private eccentricity. Freedom to destroy freedom must not be permitted.\"*<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6af14a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6af14a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unlike his friend and philosopher colleague Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers did not allow himself to be corrupted by National Socialism and remained a resistant and self-critical thinker to the end. Karl Jaspers was a German philosopher and psychologist, and a leading exponent of existential philosophy. From an early age, he was plagued by a chronic heart and lung disease as well as the fear of failure. Nevertheless, he remained positive in the face of adversity\u2014and further, as a schoolboy, resisted the authoritarian-militarist ideology of his time. He and his Jewish wife Gertrud Mayer enjoyed a deep love for each other. Following the National Socialists\u2019 ascension to power, the philosopher was forced into retirement from his teaching position at the University of Heidelberg. Health concerns kept him from fleeing abroad. Despite the emotionally oppressive and lifethreatening situation, Jaspers refused to part from his Jewish wife. He explained: &#8220;Powers that force her to die also kill me. This solidarity is absolute.&#8221; Both survived the Nazi era. Subsequently, Jaspers denounced the German population for aiding and abetting the Shoah, and further turned an accusing eye at himself. At a time when the overwhelming majority of Germans were suppressing any blame for the murder of millions of Jewish people, Karl Jaspers publicly stated: &#8220;We did not take to the streets when our Jewish friends were taken away (\u2026); we preferred to stay alive, with the weak, albeit correct, reasoning that our death could not have been of any help.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fdcb5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fdcb5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*Jaspers, K., Complete Edition, Vol. 1: Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte (The<br \/>\nOrigin and Goal of History), Basel 2017.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-742ac32e\" data-id=\"742ac32e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8007f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d8007f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Karl_Jaspers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9061\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Karl_Jaspers.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Karl_Jaspers-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Universit\u00e4tsbibliothek Heidelberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Jaspers (born 1883 in Oldenburg \u2013 died 1969 in Basel) &#8220;Tolerance must not exist towards intolerance if such cannot be treated with indifference as harmless, private eccentricity. 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