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2 June 2013

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    Existentialism: A Reconstruction

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    This is a fabulous, clear introduction to existentialist thought. It's also very philosophically rigorous.

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    Notes from the Underground

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    Another writer often mentioned is Dostoyevsky: a great way of getting into the real miserabilist side of existentialism is to read his Notes from the Underground. It absolutely captures the anguish of being an isolated individual and a misfit, wondering about your place in the world and being contrary, fighting against the normal human life that you're supposed to fit into.

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    Nausea

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    I chose Nausea for several reasons. One is that it's the first existentialist book that I ever read. It's what first made me curious to learn more, and that's exactly what the book does. It's readable, it's powerful, it's sometimes a bit ridiculous, but it's intense.

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    Man's Search for Meaning

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    I chose this book because it's an incredibly powerful and moving example of what existentialist thought can actually be for in real life, what good it can do, how it can help people.

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    The Existentialist Reader

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    So this is just a fantastic compilation of existentialist arrows that you might want to follow into different thinkers.

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    Heidegger: An Introduction

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    Richard's Polt's Heidegger: An Introduction is one of the best I've come across. It's a fantastically clear and concise exploration of Heidegger's philosophy, concentrating on his first great work, Being and Time, though he also covers the later writings of Heidegger.

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    Being and Time

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    Then, once you've read an overview and feel equipped and ready for it, it's really worth plunging into either Being and Time itself, Heidegger's greatest and richest work, or to a compilation.

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