ABSTRACT
This chapter is an examination of how irreplaceability is a feature of human reality whose fragility also advances the notion of replaceability. This poses an enigma for human reality because much human suffering is wrought from trying to replace what cannot be replaced and insisting on covering over dimensions of reality that are neither replaceable nor irreplaceable. The implications of this problem—here explored through conceptual resources offered from the philosophy of Karl Jaspers—affect important sources of meaning in human reality ranging from the social world of others to hatred, love, and the value and livability of human life.
