--- title: "3 Human existence Quotes By Medard Boss" description: "3 Human existence quotes by Medard Boss. Plus more from Medard Boss and more Human existence sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/medard-boss-43729_achieve_if-man-did-not-exist-as-a-world-spanning_71260.jpg" --- > [If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/if-man-did-not-exist-as-a-world-spanning-receptive-realm-of/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/medard-boss-43729_achieve_if-man-did-not-exist-as-a-world-spanning_71260.jpg) > [We declare that only man exists. This is not to say that material, inorganic nature and nonhuman beings-animals and plants-are in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/we-declare-that-only-man-exists-this-is-not-to-say-that-material/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/medard-boss-43729_animal_we-declare-that-only-man-exists-this-is_1237227.jpg) > [Death is an unsurpassable limit of human existence... We discover the relationship which is the basis for all feelings of reverence, fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/death-is-an-unsurpassable-limit-of-human-existence-we-discover-the/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/medard-boss-43729_able_death-is-an-unsurpassable-limit-of-human_2267950.jpg) ## Other authors on Human existence - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erich-fromm-33632.jpg) Erich Fromm 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/erich-fromm/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-viktor-e-frankl-93688.jpg) Viktor E. Frankl 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/viktor-e-frankl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-milan-kundera-68231.jpg) Milan Kundera 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/milan-kundera/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hannah-arendt-40230.jpg) Hannah Arendt 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/hannah-arendt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-jung-20958.jpg) Carl Jung 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/carl-jung/) ## More by Medard Boss > [When we visualize something, we establish a relationship to the thing itself, not to some mere subjective representation of it inside us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/when-we-visualize-something-we-establish-a-relationship-to-the-thing/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at all could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/if-man-did-not-exist-as-a-world-spanning-receptive-realm-of/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [The prevailing attunement is at any given time the condition of our openness for perceiving and dealing with what we encounter; the pitch at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/the-prevailing-attunement-is-at-any-given-time-the-condition-of-our/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [A new vision and understanding of something demands a new way of talking about it, for the old terminology gets in the way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/a-new-vision-and-understanding-of-something-demands-a-new-way-of/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/we-declare-that-only-man-exists-this-is-not-to-say-that-material/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/whether-he-is-aware-of-it-or-not-every-human-being-dwells-in/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [A watch can only tell us how much time it is, how much time has passed, or how much time must still pass before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/a-watch-can-only-tell-us-how-much-time-it-is-how-much-time-has-passed/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [Death is an unsurpassable limit of human existence... We discover the relationship which is the basis for all feelings of reverence, fear, awe, wonder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/death-is-an-unsurpassable-limit-of-human-existence-we-discover-the/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) > [The borders of my bodyhood coincide with those of my openness to the world. They are in fact at any given time identical, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/medard-boss/the-borders-of-my-bodyhood-coincide-with-those-of-my-openness-to-the/) [Medard Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/medard-boss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-existence/medard-boss/#itemlist", "name": "3 Human existence Quotes By Medard Boss", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at all could exist. 'Being,' in its traditional usage, means 'presence' and 'persistence.' To achieve presence, and thereby being, an entity requires some sort of open realm in which presence and persistence can take place. 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