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- David Heinemeier HanssonInterview
I’m looking forward to reading more books by Erich Fromm, given how much I liked Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. The next book I have ready by him is The Sane Society. On the existentialist journey, I have two other classics lined up: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
- The Most Important Philosophy BooksReading list
Few people make it through Jean-Paul Sartre’s most famous work Being and Nothingness from cover to cover because it’s dreadfully heavy and convoluted in places. Nausea, on the other hand, shows Sartre’s writing at its best. It beautifully illustrates the intense phenomenon of being, the conundrum of coming…
- Skye ClearyInterview
The Stranger by Albert Camus and Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre are excellent forays into philosophy. For a broader view, I’d highly recommend A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton and the always fascinating Philosophy Bites podcast. The BBC has a wonderful History of Ideas series, and TED-Ed has published a…
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