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- Nicholas DirksInterview
I read two terrific books on twentieth-century philosophy that were, well, bookends: At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell; and Time of the Magicians by Wolfram Eilenberger. Both books set some of the major intellectual figures and movements of the twentieth century in the historical currents of their times…
- Philosophy Books for BeginnersReading list
Many of the existential philosophers were cool and exciting and iconoclastic. Sarah Bakewell shows this well, along with the allure, dangers, and legacies of their philosophies. The book is a weaving together of the lives and ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice…
- Skye ClearyInterview
My recommendations change regularly, but recently I have been suggesting the beautifully readable At The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell and How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life by Massimo Pigliucci (see Massimo Pigliucci’s interview).
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