Idea „philosophiae perennis” w Karla Jaspersa egzystencjalnej historiografii filozoficznej

Abstract

The idea of perennial philosophy appears in Jaspers’ writings in connection with philosophical reflection, and metaphysically based and hermeneutically oriented new existential history of philosophy. Eternal philosophy constitutes a necessary condition of working within the area of history of philosophy and of true, philosophical understanding of philosophical texts. Having own phi- losophy and history of philosophy researched from this perspective are nec- essary conditions of creating empirical philosophical historiography and they dictate the way of conducting philosophico-historical research. According to Jaspers the idea of perennial philsophy is connected with basic questions and aspects of philosophical historiography. The questions include: the question concerning the unity and coherence of history of philosophy, the question concerning the beginnings and the source of philosophy, which is connect- ed with the problem of novelty and originality of philosophical thought, the question concerning the development and the possibility of progress in the history of philosophy the question concerning the unique personal identity of philosophy and criteria for establishing the hierarchy and evaluation of philosophers and their thoughts.