“It has become obligatory to fulfil a function which shall in some way be regarded as useful to the masses...Even an articulated mass always tends to become unspiritual and inhuman. It is life without existence, superstition without faith. It may stamp all flat; it is disinclined to tolerate independence and greatness, but prone to constrain people to become as automatic as ants.”
Quote by Karl Jaspers
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Karl Jaspers
Karl Jaspers was a prominent German psychiatrist and philosopher, born on February 23, 1883, in Hamburg, Germany, and died on February 26, 1969. He had a profound impact on the fields of psychiatry and philosophy with his unique philosophical perspective and theories on mental illness. more
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