Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

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Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre

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Existentialism is perhaps the most misunderstood of modern philosophic positions-- misunderstood by reason of its broad popularity and general unfamiliarity with its origins, representatives, and principles. Existential thinking did not originate with Jean Paul Sartre. It has prior religious, literary, and philosophic origins. In its narrowest formulation it is a metaphysical doctrine, arguing as it does that any definition of man's essence must follow, not precede, an estimation of his existence. In Heidegger, it affords a view of Being in its totality; in Kierkegaard, an approach to that inwardness indispensable to authentic religious experience; for Dostoevsky, Kafka, and Rilke the existential situation bears the stamp of modern man's alienation, uprootedness, and absurdity; to Sartre it has vast ethical and political implications. This book contains only complete selections or entire works by the major thinkers.--From publisher description.

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Publisher
Meridian Books
Language
English
Pages
319

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Published in
New York
Series
Meridian books, M39

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
111.1
Library of Congress
B819 .K3, B819 .K3 1956

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Pagination
319 p.
Number of pages
319

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6200797M
Internet Archive
existentialismfr00kauf
LCCN
56010018
OCLC/WorldCat
732531, 15116653
LibraryThing
561

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Work ID
OL3503509W

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