Discourse on Method and The Meditations

Rene Descartes

Philosophy

René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse

existentialism, french

Troubled Sleep

Jean-Paul Sartre

Classic Fiction

Powerfully depicts the fall of France in 1940, and the anguished response of the French people to the German oc

existentialism, france, french, ww2

Fear and Trembling

Soren Kierkegaard

Philosophy

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He

christianity, danish, existentialism, religion

Colonialism and Neocolonialism

Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosophy

Neocolonialists think that there are some good colonists and some very wicked ones, and that it is the fault of

colonialism, continental, existentialism, history

The Complete Novels

Franz Kafka

Classic Fiction

Kafkas characters are victims of forces beyond their control, estranged and rootless citizens deceived by autho

bohemian, collection, existentialism, realism

Nausea

Jean-Paul Sartre

Contemporary Fiction

Nausea is the story of Antoine Roquentin, a French writer who is horrified at his own existence. In impressioni

continental, existentialism, french, modernist

The Reprieve

Jean-Paul Sartre

Classic Fiction

An extraordinary picture of life in France during the critical eight days before the signing of the fateful Mun

continental, existentialism, french, marxism, philosophy

Kierkegaards Philosophy: Self Deception and Cowardice in the Present Age

An Introduction to the Writings of One of the Worlds Most Important Thinkers

John Douglas Mullen

Philosophy

Some philosophers we read to discover the nature of the universe. Others we read to discover the nature of ours

critic, ethics, existentialism, religion

Iron in the Soul

Jean-Paul Sartre

Contemporary Fiction

June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the French soldiers, deserted by their officers, utterly demoralized, aw

continental, existentialism, french, marxism

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Mikhail Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a

existentialism, nihilism, psychoanalysis, russia, russian

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series

existentialism, patricide, philosophy, russia, russian

A Nietzsche Reader

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellect

existentialism, german, germany, nihilism

The Idiot

Fyodor Mikhail Dostoyevsky

Classic Fiction

Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself en

existentialism, polyphony, religion, russia, russian