in den Maßen

00:25 Aug 19, 2008 

I will certainly have to double check on that, but this is the only instance of which I know. The phrase seems to be a related to "Menschenmaß" which he writes of a few lines earlier. Grenzen, as you would expect, is the more usual term used throughout. For the moment "within the limits/boundaries of" makes good sense. Thanks for your thoughts and your suggestion.

23:10 Aug 18, 2008 

I agree that there could be some idiomatic meaning in 'Maßen', like 'measures', 'in the shape of' etc. If it is an idiomatic play on words, then there should be some generally accepted standard translation for the word 'Maßen' in Jaspers. To be sure, you would have to compare his translated standard works and the original texts. Best not to improvise on that one, I'd say, it's too close to his central theme of 'Grenzen' (limits) ;-)