2015 Reprint of 1951 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought....

"Ober Strindbergs Bedeutung als Dichter soIl in dieser Arbeit kein Urtcll gewonnen werden. Seine artistischen Fiihigkeiten als Drama­ tiker, die asthetische Struktur und der asthetische Wert seiner Werke werden iiberhaupt nicht in den Kreis der Betrachtung gezogen. Strind­ berg war geisteskrank....

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