Samotność jednostki (Z myśli Karla Jaspersa)

Abstract

Solitude arises from an individual character of the human being: to be oneself means to be alone. Jaspers considers, however, that being oneself genuinely is possible only thanks to other and together with him. Jaspers regards the man, perceived as an individual being, as not being capable of sidding his life of solitude once for all, but he sees on opportunity to overcome solitude in various ways. Among them, existential communication is the one that allows for retaining individuality and, thanks to love, for creating the bond with another man. In the later philosophy of Jaspers, the cogitation on solitude and communication is located more distinctly in the context of the being which exceeds a man - The Transcendent. Solitude and communication appear there as two extremes of life process. The final aim of this process, which is unachievable, is to eliminate both extremes through the union with The Transcendent and their fusion in The One.