Medard Boss, Existential Foundat Quotes

A collection of quotes by Medard Boss, Existential Foundat.

Medard Boss was a Swiss psychiatrist and foremost proponent of existential analysis. Born on July 17, 1903, in Switzerland, Boss is recognized as one of the key figures in the field of existential psychotherapy. He studied medicine, psychiatry, and philosophy in Switzerland and Germany. Boss became renowned for his work on phenomenology and existentialism, and his ideas greatly contributed to the understanding of human existence and the therapeutic practices centered around it. He died on December 21, 1990, leaving behind a significant legacy in the field of psychiatry and existential psychology.

We declare that only man exists. This is not to say that mat

We declare that only man exists. This is not to say that material, inorganic nature and nonhuman beings--animals and plants--are in any sense unreal, insubstantial, or illusory beccause they do not so exist. We merely state that the reality of these nonhuman realms differs from that of human existence, whose primary characteristic is Dasein (literally being-the-there)...Man as man is present...in a manner wholly different from...inanimate things.

Medard Boss, Existential Foundat

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