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Existential Philosophy Books
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The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,555,310 ratings — published 1942
Fear and Trembling (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.00 — 33,968 ratings — published 1843
Existentialism is a Humanism (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 50,258 ratings — published 1946
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 185,882 ratings — published 1883
Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.93 — 148,861 ratings — published 1938
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,960 ratings — published 1843
The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.21 — 67,386 ratings — published 1942
The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 112,295 ratings — published 1942
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 20,114 ratings — published 1951
Being and Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.05 — 28,978 ratings — published 1927
Being and Nothingness (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.99 — 36,187 ratings — published 1943
Notes from Underground (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 267,323 ratings — published 1864
The Second Sex (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 49,792 ratings — published 1949
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,635 ratings — published 1947
The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,910 ratings — published 1849
The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.90 — 78,445 ratings — published 1956
At the Existentialist Café (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.24 — 20,361 ratings — published 2016
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,585,898 ratings — published 1915
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.02 — 337,771 ratings — published 1947
Phenomenology of Perception (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,632 ratings — published 1945
The Fall (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.02 — 148,672 ratings — published 1956
Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,905 ratings — published 1956
The Birth of Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 22,749 ratings — published 1871
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,176,221 ratings — published 1866
On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.12 — 38,799 ratings — published 1887
Beyond Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 122,009 ratings — published 1886
The Idiot (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.21 — 235,614 ratings — published 1869
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.40 — 421,912 ratings — published 1879
No Exit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 49,472 ratings — published 1944
The Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.93 — 428,859 ratings — published 1925
Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.36 — 951,739 ratings — published 1946
I and Thou (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 12,185 ratings — published 1923
Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,725 ratings — published 1958
Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,671 ratings — published 1950
The Glass Bead Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 75,157 ratings — published
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 90,199 ratings — published 1988
Tao Te Ching (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.28 — 189,624 ratings — published -350
All Men Are Mortal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,249 ratings — published 1946
When Nietzsche Wept (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.36 — 88,850 ratings — published 1992
The Will to Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,570 ratings — published 1901
Ubik (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 130,440 ratings — published 1969
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.09 — 925,154 ratings — published 1922
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 50,510 ratings — published 1932
Steppenwolf (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 229,564 ratings — published 1927
On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,179 ratings — published 1887
The Concept of Anxiety: A Simple Psychologically Oriented Deliberation in View of the Dogmatic Problem of Hereditary Sin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 3,152 ratings — published 1844
Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays (Vintage International)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,691 ratings — published 1961
The Outsider (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,665 ratings — published 1956
Martin Heidegger: Between Good and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,777 ratings — published 1994
Twilight of the Idols (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as existential-philosophy)
avg rating 3.95 — 15,570 ratings — published 1889
“It’s killing living.
To eat the fruit.”
―
To eat the fruit.”
―
“Tako čine rijetki snažni i dosljedni ljudi. Shvativši svu glupost šale kojoj su oni predmet i shvativši da su blaga umrlih veća od blaga živih te da je najbolje od svega ne postojati, tako i čine te smjesta završavaju s tom glupom šalom kojim god sredstvom: omča oko vrata, voda, nož kojim probijaju srce, vlakovi na željezničkim prugama.'' Tolstoj nije bio dovoljno pesimističan. Glupsot šale koja se zbija na naš račun ne motivira samo na samoubojstvo. Motivira i na ubojstvo - masovno ubojstvo, nakon kojega često slijedi samoubojstvo. To je puno učinkovitiji egzistencijalni protest. Koliko god se to činilo nevjerojatnim, zaključno s lipnjem 2006. u SAD-u je tijekom tisuću dvjesto i šezdeset dana bilo tisuću masovnih ubojstava (masovno ubojstvo podrazumijeva četiri ili više žrtava, ne uključujući napadača). Svi kažu: ''Ne razumijem to.'' Kako se još uvijek možemo pretvarati? Tolstoj je razumio, prije više od stotinu godina. Razumjeli su i drevni pisci biblijske priče o Kajinu i Abelu, prije više od dvadeset stoljeća. Opisali su ubojstvo kao prvi čin postedenske povijesti: i nije to bilo samo ubojstvo, nego bratoubojstvo - i ne samo ubojstvo nevine osobe, nego nekog idealnog i dobrog, ubojstvo koje je učinjeno svjesno, iz prkosa prema Stvoritelju svemira. Današnji nam ubojice na svoj način govore isto. Tko bi se usudio reći da to nije crvu jabuci? No mi ne želimo slušati zato što ta istina pogađa i nas. Čak i tako oštrouman i dubok um slavnoga ruskog autora nije vidio izlaza. Kako se onda mi ostali možemo nositi s time kada čak i netko poput Tolstoja priznaje poraz? Godinama je skrivao od sebe svoje pištolje i nije želio hodati s užetom u ruci, kako se ne bi objesio. Kako budna osoba može izbjeći da bude bijesna na svijet?”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

