Who is your favorite existentialist philosopher and why?
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Although some would argue whether Nietzsche counts, he's my favorite. He's got his problems, but I just enjoy his audacity, energy, wit, erudition, and insight.
ejbman
Level 7
June 9, 2018
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Totally agree. He must be the most exciting, erratic and profound ride in the history of pondering stuff. The thinking persons Space Mountain at Disneyland!
@scienceandsartre Considering your apparent interest in Sartre, I'd say Beyond Good and Evil. On the other hand, if you'd like a more allegorical and poetic rendition of similar material, try Thus Spake Zarathustra.
He counts. If your looking for a solid biography and trenchant analysis of his philosophy, H.L. Mencken's is a fine place to start.
JEAN BAUDRILLARD
Yes, I know he is a postmodernist, but there is more to connect his philosophy of existentialism than might at first be apparent.
LenHazell53
Level 9
June 8, 2018
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I must say I love his idea of the End of History and the demise of all the Left/Right Utopian ideas in The Illusion of the End. I only dipped in some years ago but now perhaps time to dive a bit further. Thanks for bringing him up
I have to say Jean-Paul Sartre. Aside from the fact that he lived out his philosophy, Sartre was a great revolutionary and his existentialism is an excellent blend of phenomenology and objectivity. I love the Sartrean perspective. To see things as they are..." to the things themselves"
EliRodriguez11
Level 5
June 8, 2018
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On "living out his philosophy" you should read Michel Onfray. He ask how Satre could survive so well during the Petain period.
@PontifexMarximus
I've searched him up and all I get are French texts (I can't read french)
Any English sources?
@EliRodriguez11 I think his "Atheist Manifesto" is available in English
Got to agree there. I just love No Exit but haven't looked at it for about 15 years! I must revisit it
Ken Wilbur. He was one of the first still living philosophers I read and his book "Sex, Ecology, Spirituality" has become my 'bible'.
JackPedigo
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June 8, 2018
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