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''It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity''

How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century''s great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being.

One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

What Is Existentialism

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A Paperback / softback by Simone de Beauvoir

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 24/09/2020
    ISBN13: 9780241475232, 978-0241475232
    ISBN10: 0241475236

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity''

    How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century''s great philosophers explore the absurdity of our notions of good and evil, and show instead how we make our own destiny simply by being.

    One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.

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