Existentialism And Human Emotions (A Philosophical Library Book)
by Jean-Paul Sartre
List Price:
Our Price: $4.00
You Save: $5.95 (60%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.86 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Jean-Paul SartreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN: 0806509023
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Citadel
Book Reviews of Existentialism And Human Emotions (A Philosophical Library Book)
Book Review: A Good Introduction
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very accessible book for anyone who has a passing acquaintance with philosophical terminology and discussion. As a Christian, I of course differ with Sartre in many fundamental ways, but one has to admire the consistency of his thought given his philosophical presuppositions.
Sartre is unafraid to face and even embrace the consequences of the idea of life lived without hope of fundamental purpose or meaning. Life, both corporate and individual, is the outcome of choices we make. Every man carries the burden and freedom of all humanity and in his time through his own actions makes the human race what it is and becomes through him.
The weakest areas of his ethics is when he seeks to divorce them from absolute standards. Though he requires that individual man must necessarily act on his freedom to judge and evaluate the actions of others, and to make statements about his evaluation, yet he seeks to distance such statements from any claim that all should so evaluate them. I think Sartre recognizes the logical tension he creates here but his explanation is not satisfying.
All in all, if someone wants to sample the waters of atheistic existentialism, then you can't go far wrong with this book. It is not light reading but it is worthwhile. After reading it find a similar book on Christian ethics for the other side of the story.
French Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in French Books
The Princesse de Cleves (Oxford World's Classics)by Madame de Lafayette
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1999-11-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.80
Price in other shops:
La Reine Margot (World's Classics)by Alexandre Dumas
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1998-01-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.50
A Life: The Humble Truth (Oxford World's Classics)by Guy de Maupassant
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1999-08-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.29
Price in other shops:
Flaubert: Selected Letters (Penguin Classics)by Gustave Flaubert
Penguin Classics; Published: 1998-03-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Pensees (Penguin Classics)by Blaise Pascal
Penguin Classics; Published: 1995-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
Memoirs: And the Sea Is Never Full, 1969-Present v. 2by Elie Wiesel
HarperCollins; Published: 2000; Hardcover; Book
The Character of Rain: A Novelby Amelie Nothomb
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2003-04-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Fear and Trembling: A Novelby Amelie Nothomb
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2002-04-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.40
Price in other shops:
Thï¿1/ 2rï¿1/ 2se Raquin (Oxford World's Classics)by ï¿1/2mile Zola
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1999-01-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $31.06
Notre-Dame de Paris (The World's Classics)by Victor Hugo
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1993-12-09; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Early Buddhist DiscoursesHackett Publishing Co.; Published: 2006-03-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.02
Price in other shops:
The Trial and Death of Socratesby Plato, John M. Cooper
Hackett Publishing Co.; Published: 2001-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.74
Price in other shops:
Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Periodby Margaret Atherton
Hackett Pub Co; Published: 1994-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.94
Price in other shops:
The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essaysby Albert Camus
Vintage; Published: 1991-05-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.79
Price in other shops:
No Exit and Three Other Playsby Jean-Paul Sartre
Vintage; Published: 1989-10-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.15
Price in other shops:
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed.by Rene Descartes
Hackett Pub Co; Published: 1999-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
Five Dialoguesby Plato, G. M. A. Grube
Hackett Pub Co; Published: 2002-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.82
Price in other shops:
Meditations on First Philosophy: In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstratedby Rene Descartes, Donald A. Cress
Hackett Pub Co; Published: 1993-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.30
Price in other shops:
Existentialism Is a Humanismby Jean Paul Sartre
Yale University Press; Published: 2007-07-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.54
Price in other shops:
The Ethics Of Ambiguityby Simone de Beauvoir
Citadel; Published: 2000-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.13
Price in other shops: