Existentialism: Basic Writings (Second Edition)

The introductions are well-written and easy to read.

I got it for class and it is great!

a bit of a hard read at times, but good book to get you started into the world of existentialism.

I'm using this in an existentialism class that I'm teaching. The introductions to the different philosophers are excellent!

This book covers writings of Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Husserl, and Sartre. Fascinating insights into the lives of these famous philosophers, well selected material, and overall great introduction to Existentialist philosophy.

Great read for prospective existentialism students or the casual reader. Came in great condition.

I bought it for a class, and I enjoyed a good deal of the exerpts in the text. The Nietzsche selections are great, as are most of the Kierkegaard (I prefer the shorter exerpts and could have done without Fear and Trembling).I never read much of the other sections, but the book has been invaluable to me for the introductions and any part of the Nietsche in this text alone. Kierkegaard has some great moments too. Considering how accessable and small and how much more I could get from this book, I will be looking to this book for years to come, although once you find something interesting you had best go find out where the exerpt is from in case it is not the complete picture (they chose which parts of the writings to give you, which I value highly, but it means you should not think you can speak for Nietzsche or Kierkegaard by this text alone).We used three texts for our course and this was the only one that was important. The introductions are pleasant and interesting on their own. There's lots of good to choose from in this comfortably "small" sized collection.Unless you already own and know well some of these philosophers or you can't stand to read the introductions in this text, I think you would find this book useful.

Most of the essential readings.