Basic Writings of Existentialism (Modern Library Classics)

by Gordon Marino

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Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and commonly taught works of existentialism. Contributors include Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Fyodor show more Dostoevsky, Ralph Ellison, Martin Heidegger, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo. show less

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Gordon Marino is a professor of philosophy and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College. He is the author of Kierkegaard in the Present Age and editor of Basic Writings of Existentialism, Ethics: The Essential Writings, and The Quotable Kierkegaard.

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Dedication
To Susan Ellis Marino,
the love of my life
First words
I came to existentialism on my knees, after a youthful divorce and in the cold grip of withering depression.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But what did I do to feel so blue?

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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142.78Philosophy and PsychologyPhilosophical schools of thoughtCritical philosophyExistentialism And PhenomenologyExistentialism
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B819 .B37Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodModernSpecial topics and schools of philosophy
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