Karl Jaspers Prize

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| awarded_for = a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit

| presenter = Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg

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| country = Germany

| reward = €25,000

| year = 1983

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The Karl Jaspers Prize or Karl-Jaspers-Preis is a German philosophy award named after Karl Jaspers and awarded by the city of Heidelberg and the University of Heidelberg.{{cite web | title=Cluster Asia and Europe | website=Uni Heidelberg: Karl-Jaspers-Preis | url=https://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de/de/ueber-uns/karl-jaspers-zentrum/karl-jaspers-preis.html | language=de | access-date=9 August 2021}} It was first awarded in 1983 "for a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit".{{cite web|title=Karl-Jaspers-Preis|url=http://www.heidelberg.de/servlet/PB/menu/1149145/index.html|publisher=www.heidelberg.de|accessdate=2 March 2013|quote=Translated from the German|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130206135741/http://www.heidelberg.de/servlet/PB/menu/1149145/index.html|archive-date=6 February 2013|url-status=dead}} The Karl Jaspers Prize is endowed with €25,000.{{cite web | title=Karl-Jaspers-Preis | website=Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften | url=https://www.hadw-bw.de/preise/Karl-Jaspers-Preis | language=de | access-date=9 August 2021}} Next to the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize it is one of the highest awards in Germany awarded exclusively for philosophical achievements.