Jan Patocka Quotes
Jan Patocka was a Czech philosopher and the most important Czech phenomenologist of the twentieth century. A pupil of Husserl and Heidegger and a long-time editor of the Prague Husserl Archive, he was twice removed from his university chair, first under the German occupation and then under the post-1948 Communist regime. The quotes below are attributed to Jan Patocka, organized by topic.
Jan Patocka on Freedom
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Attributed to Jan Patocka:
“The dissident is the one who lives in truth.”
Jan Patocka on Mind
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Attributed to Jan Patocka:
“The care of the soul is the inheritance of Greek philosophy and Christian Europe.”
Jan Patocka on Politics
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Attributed to Jan Patocka:
“Europe is the project of the examined life made political.”
Jan Patocka on Time
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Attributed to Jan Patocka:
“Modernity is the age of objectivity that has forgotten the mystery of the human.”
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Attributed to Jan Patocka:
“History begins where the natural world is shaken by questioning.”