This text presents a critical reflection on Karl Jaspers' concept of periechontology and his specific understanding of the encompassing (das Umgreifenden) as a non-objectifiable reality. The author questions why Jaspers interprets this encompassing primarily as something approaching from the outside, from that which surrounds us, even in instances where it refers to ourselves. In contrast to Jaspers' approach, the author proposes an alternative perspective that seeks the foundation of the non-objectifiable within the internal grounding of the subject. This shift from the external to the internal is presented as the result of a long-term philosophical development, characterized by the rejection of traditional metaphysics and objectifying thought. Influenced by Hegelian philosophy, the author argues that the inner is more primordial than the outer. The reflection thus opens a deeper dialogue on the nature of subjectivity and the way in which we project internal contents into the external world through their possible, yet always limited, objectification. Ultimately, the text explores the boundaries between the external horizon and the internal origin of being.
Periechontologie u K. Jasperse
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◆ philosophical diary – record, Czech, origin: 9. 3. 2005
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- 2005