What Is Existentialism?

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What Is Existentialism?

Phenomenology and Existentialism Ethics and moral philosophy

Author: Simone de Beauvoir

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Collection: Penguin Great Ideas

Language: English

Published by: Penguin

Published on: 24th September 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 522 Kb

ISBN: 9780141994772


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''It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity''

Introduction

How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being.

Series Information

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

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