At The Existentialist Café
Sarah Bakewell
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At the Existentialist Café (2016) recounts the birth of existentialism in the early twentieth century. Both a biography and a philosophical text, it tells the stories of individual philosophers as well as their ideas. Above all, it explores how big philosophical questions can illuminate our lives and the way we live them.
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Philosophers who feel that philosophy has lost touch with everyday life Francophiles looking for insight on their national treasures Curious observers who want to learn how to look more closely at the world around them