“I do not have much liking for the too famous existential philosophy, and, to tell the truth, I think its conclusions false.” ThinkingPhilosophyConclusionTelling The TruthExistential Author:Albert Camus
“Philosophy would do well to desist from issuing any further injunctions about the need to re-establish the meaningfulness of existence, the purposefulness of life, or mend the shattered concord between man and nature. It should strive to be more than a sop to the pathetic twinge of human self-esteem. Nihilism is not an existential quandary but a speculative opportunity.” MenNeedsShouldHumansWellsSelfPhilosophyOpportunityExistenceSelf EsteemStriveEsteemExistentialPatheticNihilismShatteredMan And NatureMeaningfulnessPurposefulness Author:Ray Brassier
“I'm actually with the classics in general in terms of understanding truth in an existential mode. Therefore, philosophy becomes more a way of life as opposed to simply a mode of discourse.” WayPhilosophyUnderstandingTermExistentialDiscourse Author:Cornel West
“[Jean-Paul] Sartre was a throwback to the existential period. I'm not really so much into that these days. I went through a period of going over things and looking at them again to see what they were. But I'm into psychiatry type things. I'm into philosophy. I'm into that sort of thing.” PhilosophyTypePeriodsThese DaysExistentialPsychiatryThrowbackPaul Sartre Author:Van Morrison