The article presents the didactic version of Jaspers’ political philosophy, where the intrinsic
connection of philosophy and democracy is explicated. The evolution of democracy is
shown. There are analyzed its new theoretical conceptualizations including the anthropological
premises. There is also taken a comparison with Ukrainian actual social and political
contexts, where the theoretical suggestions made by Jaspers can be verified or used as
impulses for rethinking democracy theories and for their implications. The status of philosophy
in the modern societies, in which it is respected only formally, needs to be changed
because, in its absentia, the very existence of democracy and the European way of life are
running the risk of destruction.