Jean Wahl (1888–1974)
Author of A Short History of Existentialism
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Works by Jean Wahl
Philosophies of existence: an introduction to the basic thought of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, Sartre (1954) 23 copies
Vers le concret : Etudes d'histoire de la philosophie contemporaine, William James, Whitehead, Gabriel Marcel (2004) 5 copies
Essays in Existentialism 5 copies
L'ouvrage posthume de Husserl : LA KRISIS - La crise des sciences européennes et la… (1957) 4 copies
Etude sur le Parménide de Platon 3 copies
Tratado de metafísica 3 copies
Vers la fin de l'ontologie : étude sur l'Introduction dans la métaphysique par Heidegger (1956) 3 copies
tudes kierkegaardiennes / 1 copy
BUGÜNÜN DÜNYASINDA FELSEFE 1 copy
Traité de Métaphysique 1 copy
La philosophie analitique 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Wahl, Jean André
- Birthdate
- 1888-05-25
- Date of death
- 1974-06-19
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Place of death
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Education
- Université de Paris (Doctorat, Lettres, Thèse principale 'Les philosophes pluralistes d'Angleterre et d'Amérique', Thèse complémentaire 'Du rôle de l'idée de l'instant dans la philosophie de Descartes', 19 20)
Fondation Thiers (Pensionnaire)
Agrégation de philosophie (Rang 1, 1910)
Ecole Normale Supérieure (1907|1910) - Occupations
- Professeur (Philosophie)
Philosophe - Relationships
- Deleuze, Gilles (Elève)
Bonnefoy, Yves (Elève)
Boutang, Pierre (Doctorant) - Organizations
- Université de la Sorbonne (Professeur, Philosophie, 19 36 | 19 67)
Société française de philosophie (Président, 19 46 | 19 74)
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RARE A SHORT HISTORY OF EXISTENTIALISM by Jean Wahl… by Jean Wahl
12/13/21
A quick short (as the title eludes to) summary of existentialism up until Sartre. Not covering the absurdism realm of it (Camus, etc.), but primarily relying on Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Hegel, Sartre, and a bit on Husserl. Not a bad brief summary, but a bit too laden with the technical and verbose and jargon of philosophy and not much in the way for the layman. And knowing extensively on existentialism and finding this just primarily covering things I already knew, I found my mind wandering more than need be. The 'debate' at the end of the book was interesting, and possibly the best part of the work.… (more)
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- Works
- 45
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 280
- Popularity
- #83,034
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 33
- Languages
- 4