雅斯贝尔斯与亚洲,特别是与中国相遇,他把中国视为“第二家乡”。雅斯贝尔斯之所以转向东方的思想和生存,首先是因为他意识到了今日人们称作全球化的东西。早在20世纪30年代初,雅斯贝尔斯就表明,世界哲学的时代已经到来。雅斯贝尔斯世界史观的原创性在于他含蓄地批判了西方与东方之间某种简单的二元性。在他看来,亚洲文化是欧洲文化必要的补充,欧洲与亚洲之间的相互谅解是绝对必要的。 Jaspers met Asia, especially China, and regarded China as “the second home.” Jaspers turned to Eastern thought and survival primarily because he realized what people today call globalization. As early as the early 1930s, Jaspers demonstrated that the era of world philosophy has arrived. The originality of Jaspers’ view of world history lies in his implicit criticism of a simple duality between the West and the East. In his view, Asian culture is a necessary complement to European culture, and mutual understanding between Europe and Asia is absolutely necessary.