The Origin and Goal of History

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book philosophical work

The Origin and Goal of History is a philosophical work by Karl Jaspers that explores the meaning, structure, and spiritual dimensions of human history, introducing his influential concept of the "Axial Age."

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The Origin and Goal of History canonical	2
The Origin and Goal of History (English edition)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
associatedWith	Karl Jaspers' concept of world philosophy ⓘ comparative philosophy of religion ⓘ
author	Karl Jaspers ⓘ
centralConcept	spiritual breakthroughs ⓘ transcendence in history ⓘ unity of world history ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
explores	conditions for a unified world history ⓘ relationship between history and transcendence ⓘ role of great thinkers and prophets in history ⓘ
genre	historical philosophy ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	The Origin and Goal of History self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Origin and Goal of History (English edition)
hasPart	analysis of ancient civilizations ⓘ discussion of world religions ⓘ theory of historical periods ⓘ
hasTheme	communication between cultures ⓘ freedom and responsibility in history ⓘ limits of historical knowledge ⓘ philosophical interpretation of world history ⓘ search for meaning in history ⓘ
influenced	concept of multiple modernities ⓘ studies of comparative civilizations ⓘ theories of religious evolution ⓘ
introducesConcept	Axial Age ⓘ
mainSubject	Axial Age ⓘ meaning of history ⓘ spiritual dimensions of history ⓘ structure of history ⓘ
notableIdea	distinction between empirical history and philosophical history ⓘ interpretation of history as oriented toward a goal ⓘ simultaneous spiritual breakthroughs in different cultures ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Vom Ursprung und Ziel der Geschichte ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	existentialism ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ
publicationYear	1949 ⓘ
publisher	Piper Verlag ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	Axial Age ⓘ surface form: Axial Age (approximately 800–200 BCE) ancient civilizations ⓘ emergence of world religions ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Origin and Goal of History (English edition)