Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul. (Karl Jaspers)

Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.

Karl Jaspers

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