| Description |
viii, 437 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Original title: Philosophy of existentialism. |
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Essays originally translated from the French. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-431) and index. |
| Contents |
The roots of existentialism: An introduction / Jean Wahl -- Part I -- The humanism of existentialism -- Freedom and responsibility -- The desire to be God -- Part II: The problem of nothingness -- The origin of negation -- 1. The question -- 2. Negations -- 3. The dialectical concept of nothingness -- The phenomenological concept of nothingness -- The origin of nothingness -- Bad faith -- 1. Bad faith and falsehood -- 2. Patterns of bad faith -- 3. The "faith" of bad faith -- Part III: The emotions: Outline of a theory -- Introduction: Psychology, phenomenology, and phenomenological psychology -- 1. The classical theories -- 2. The psychoanalytic theory -- 3. A sketch of a phenomenological theory -- Part IV: The role of the image in mental life -- 1. The symbol -- 2. Symbolic schemes and illustrations of thought -- 3. Image and thought -- 4. Image and perception -- Part V. What is writing? -- Part VI: Essays in aesthetics -- 1. The Venetian pariah -- 2. The quest for the absolute -- 3. The paintings of Giacometti -- 4. The mobiles of Calder. |
| Summary |
In Essays in Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the leading French exponent of existential philosophy, wrote a book that opened many doors to the mind. Sartre challenged his readers to think beyond the meaning of their everyday thoughts and beliefs. His essays on nothingness, on the emotions, and on the image - including " The problem of nothingness," "The role of the image in mental life," and "Essays in aesthetics"--Contain the essentials of his metaphysical speculation. -- from back cover. |
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Philosophy.
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Existentialism.
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Existentialism. (OCoLC)fst00918204
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Existentialism.
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| Added Author |
Baskin, Wade.
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| Added Title |
Philosophy of existentialism.
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| ISBN |
0806501626 |
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9780806501628 |
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