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Michael Spicher (ARL)'s avatar

This is a great list!

The only one I would want to add is Simone de Beauvoir's "Pyrrhus and Cineas." It's such a good introduction to existentialism.

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Gregory B. Sadler's avatar

Yes, I suppose that one could work as well

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The Other Side of Eden's avatar

What a list. I appreciate you saying I'll need to invest in these works when reading. I've been lazy with my reading. A quick question, is there any you would pick out over the rest to start, or would you say the first one is the way to go?

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Gregory B. Sadler's avatar

Neither. I said in the recommendation that any one of them can be a starting point.

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Andrea Hiott's avatar

Thanks for this!

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Gregory B. Sadler's avatar

You're welcome!

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Céline Leboeuf's avatar

Great list! For a textbook/anthology, I use Gordon Marino's Basic Writings of Existentialism, which contains excerpts from some of the books you mentioned. Thanks.

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Gregory B. Sadler's avatar

Yes, I generally have my students in my classes read the full texts, rather than excerpts. That's why I've produced series of videos covering their works as resources

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