Your book list is impressive, I'm about to read The Stranger AND a different Huxley book, and I've been trying to find the Acid Test, but I heard somewhere that it was out of print. Weird.
No, not out of print, but usually not at book stores. I asked borders or barnes n noble to order it for me and they did. I'm in the middle of The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl G. Jung right now. So far so good. Anyways, that was some party, eh? The Stranger was a good read. Mike actually suggested it to me and let me borrow it. Short but sweet. If you enjoy that type of philosophy/perspective might I suggest J.P. Sarte. He's written some plays and a fiction novel titled "Nausea". I've read his non-fiction book "Transcendence of the Ego" which was another short/sweet read. I have yet to read Being and Nothingness but it's been on my "to read" list for years. Anyways, I'll see ya 'round. Peace!
I both agree and disagree. To quote from Sartre's "Existentialism and Human Emotion" he quotes Dostoievsky as saying, "If God didn't exist, everything would be possible". Sarte goes on to say that that very aphorism or quote is the basis of all existentialism which, I believe is false. If "God" were to exist, it seems that all things have the potential to be possible reguardless. The quandry here seems to teeter on demeanor, whether it sways one way or the other. Existentialism is the most ambiguous branch of philosophy and hence is the most debated and seemingly despised. But nonetheless, Sartre provides many and interesting read.
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Your book list is impressive, I'm about to read The Stranger AND a different Huxley book, and I've been trying to find the Acid Test, but I heard somewhere that it was out of print. Weird.
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