Existence and the One. Some thoughts from Karl Jaspers

Asking the question about the relationship between existence and One in the reflection of Karl Jaspers, the essay analyzes the wider issue, certainly central to his philosophy, concerning the relationship between existence and transcendence. As Jaspers repeatedly makes clear in all his philosophical works, to define what ‘existence’ is, one must necessarily deal with ‘transcendence’. The latter, however, in Jaspers’ discussion, presents not a few ambiguities. The paper deals with these difficulties.