Existentialists

Existentialists Synopsis

This volume brings together for the first time some of the most helpful and insightful essays on the four most influential and discussed philosophers in the history of existentialism:

• Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. The contributors write on such topics as Kierkegaards knight of faith and his diagnosis of the present age
• Nietzsches view of morality and self-creation
• Heideggers accounts of worldhood and authenticity
• and Sartres ontology, ethics, and conception of the cogito. The essays have been selected for their higher level of scholarship and for their ability to illuminate various aspects of their subjects work. The volume is enhanced by the editors introduction and extensive bibliography to aid further study