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1	Being & Nothingness more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre add to wishlist Published in 1943, "Being and Nothingness" is recognized as a central work of existentialism. This monumental study of the human condition--which many have viewed as a philosophical response to the horrors of World War II--deals with love, hate, sex, anguish, and a great many other themes. According to Sartre, "man is the being by whom Nothingness ... see all copies from $5.37! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Basic Writings of Nietzsche more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Editor) add to wishlist One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of Morals; The Case of Wagner; and Ecce ... see all copies from $4.81! new only from $10.20! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Thus Spake Zarathustra more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought. "Writing in blood" and "philosophising with a hammer", Nietzsche scathingly criticised modern civilisation's basic ideas, beliefs, and values, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays more books like this by Albert Camus add to wishlist Camus's philosophical essay, published in 1942, begins with the statement: "There is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is suicide. Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy. All other questions follow from that." Camus compares the absurdity of existence to the labours ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.31! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Courage to Be more books like this by Paul Tillich add to wishlist Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This editions includes a new introduction reflecting on the impact of the book since it was written. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.26! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Basic Writings of Existentialism more books like this by Gordon Marino (Introduction by), Gordon D Marino (Editor) add to wishlist 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 that humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $10.17! \| SVS
7	The Birth of Tragedy & the Genealogy of Morals more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist Skillful, sophisticated translations of two of Nietzsche's essential works about the conflict between the moral and aesthetic approaches to life, the impact of Christianity on human values, the meaning of science, the contrast between the Apollonian and Dionysian spirits, and other themes central to his thinking. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.18! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy more books like this by William Barrett add to wishlist Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist Philosophy, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett discusses the views of 19th and 20th century existentialists Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre and interprets the impact of their thinking on literature, art, and philosophy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (Editor), Raymond Geuss (Editor), Ronald Speirs (Editor) add to wishlist The Birth of Tragedy is one of the seminal philosophical works of the modern period. Nietzsche's discussion of the nature of culture, of the conditions under which it can flourish and of those under which it will decline, his analysis of the sources of discontent with the modern world, his criticism of rationalism and of traditional morality, his ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
10	Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre more books like this by Walter Arnold Kaufmann (Editor) add to wishlist This volume provides basic writings of Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rilke, Kafka, Ortega, Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre, and Camus, including some not previously translated, along with an invaluable introductory essay by Walter Kaufmann. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.41! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Essential Kierkegaard more books like this by Howard Vincent Hong (Editor), Edna H Hong (Editor), Soren Kierkegaard add to wishlist This is the most comprehensive anthology of Soren Kierkegaard's works ever assembled in English. Drawn from the volumes of Princeton's authoritative "Kierkegaard's Writings" series by editors Howard and Edna Hong, the selections represent every major aspect of Kierkegaard's extraordinary career. They reveal the powerful mix of philosophy, ... see all copies from $11.75! new only from $19.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Myth of Sisyphus, the more books like this by Albert Camus add to wishlist In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: is life worth living? If human existence holds no significance, what can keep us from suicide? As Camus argues, if there is no God to give meaning to our lives, humans must take on that purpose themselves. This is our absurd task, like Sisyphus forever ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.03! \| first editions
13 view cover	Existentialism: Basic Writings more books like this by Charles B Guignon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.90! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Birth of Tragedy more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche add to wishlist 'Yes, what is Dionysian? - This book provides an answer - "a man who knows" speaks in it, the initiate and disciple of his god.' The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a book about the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. For Nietzsche, Greek tragedy is the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947 more books like this by Albert Camus, Jacqueline Levi-Valensi (Editor), Professor Arthur Goldhammer (Translator) add to wishlist Paris is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom's barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men's blood. Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from ... see all copies from $9.02! new only from $14.42! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Existentialism Is a Humanism more books like this by Jean Paul Sartre, John Kulka (Editor), Carol Macomber (Translator) add to wishlist It was to correct common misconceptions about his thought that Sartre accepted an invitation to speak on October 29, 1945, at the Club Maintenant in Paris. The unstated objective of his lecture ("Existentialism Is a Humanism") was to expound his philosophy as a form of "existentialism," a term much bandied about at the time. Sartre asserted that ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $5.19! \| SVS
17 view cover	Six Existentialist Thinkers more books like this by H J Blackham add to wishlist Includes summary but substantial accounts of the thought of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Marcel, Heidegger and Sartre, and a concluding essay that attempts to interpret the whole Existentialist movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.19! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Existentialism more books like this by Robert C Solomon add to wishlist Existentialism, Second Edition concentrates on the "big four" existentialists - Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre - while providing a strong sense of the breadth and variety of existentialist thought. In this edition, Solomon provides new translations of Kierkegaard, even more extensive Heidegger and Sartre selections, and a bit more ... see all copies from $4.48! new only from $11.81! \| SVS
19 view cover	A Nietzsche Reader more books like this by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, R J Hollingdale (Introduction by) add to wishlist The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in "The Gay Science" (1882) and went on to challenge the Christian code of morality in "Beyond Good and Evil" (1886), grappled with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Existentialism for Dummies more books like this by Christopher Panza, Gregory Gale add to wishlist Have you ever wondered what the phrase 'God is dead' means? You'll find out in "Existentialism For Dummies", a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard's favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything from film and literature to world events and discover whether or not existentialism is still relevant today. ... see all copies from $8.63! new only from $8.63! \| SVS
21 view cover	Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes more books like this by Paul Strathern add to wishlist Kierkegaard wasn't really a philosopher in the academic sense. Yet he produced what many people expect of philosophy. He didn't write about the world, he wrote about life - how we live, and how we choose to live. His subject was the individual and his or her existence: the "existing being". In Kierkegaard's view, this purely subjective entity lay ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.43! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Silence of St. Thomas: Three Essays more books like this by Josef Pieper, John Murray (Translator), Daniel O'Connor (Translator) add to wishlist A single theme runs through the three essays on St. Thomas gather in this book. It is the theme of mystery or, more exactly, the response of the searching human intellect to the fact of mystery. Both the fact and the response are suggested in a short biography of St. Thomas that forms the first essay and are then sketched out in detail by a ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $9.97! \| SVS
23 view cover	Introducing Existentialism more books like this by Richard Appignanesi, Oscar Zarate add to wishlist Pope Pius XII condemned Existentialism for its 'terrifying nihilism'. Anguish, despair, absurdity, nothingness...these still have a power to scandalise. Do we find in them the quintessence of Existentialism? Or has Existentialism's truth been eclipsed by its popular appeal? Richard Appignanesi begins with Camus and suicide: 'Must life have a ... see all copies from $2.04! new only from $3.98!
24 view cover	Search for a Method more books like this by Jean Paul Sarte, Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel E Barnes (Translator) add to wishlist 'Search for a Method' is a separate and introductory essay published together with 'Critique of Dialectical Reason'. It is the search for a method by which the existentialist Marxist may hope to understand both individual persons and history. see all copies from $3.86! new only from $12.27! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka more books like this by William Hubben add to wishlist Previously published in 1962, a portrait of our philosophical times seen through the lives and writings of Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzche and Kafka. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| SVS

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