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Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist Philosophy, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett discusses the views of 19th and 20th century existentialists Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre and interprets the impact of their thinking on... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kierkegaard: Add a description of this character.
- Heidegger
- Dostoevski
- Orestes
- Ivan Ilyich
- Zarathustra
- Arnold
- Husserl
- Pascal
- Blake
- Descartes
- Marx
- Dewey
- Rimbaud
- Buber
- Kant
- James
- Socrates
- Tolstoy
- Regina
- Swift
- Joyce
- Godel
- Gulliver
- Bergson
- Whitehead
- Wordsworth
- Isaac
- Aristotle
- Marcel
- Adler
First Sentence edit
THE story is told (by Kierkegaard) of the absent-minded man so abstracted from his own life that he hardly knows he exists until, one fine morning, he wakes up to find himself dead.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in University of Asia and the Pacific. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Barrett (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 142.78
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Movements › Existentialism
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Modern
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