Jaspers’ wife Gertrud co-developed his philosophy through daily dialogue

Evidence

Like many philosophers’ wives, she took charge of his schedule and helped him with paperwork, but she also collaborated on his work. Jaspers developed his ideas through his discussions with her, almost in the way that Sartre later worked with Beauvoir, with the major difference that Beauvoir had her own philosophical career. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 276

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors Sartre-Beauvoir collaboration described elsewhere in the book; also contrasts with Heidegger’s solitary philosophy. — connects to: Jaspers held that genuine philosophical truth requires shared communication and communion — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 277