Re:How Camus and Sartre split up over the question of how to...
by dgfgfdagasdfgfa on Monday January 30, 2017 @04:45PM
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> Ive always struggled to understand Sartre's popularity even among other philosophers I respect.
I agree completely.
It is completely rankling when considering how he is compared to Simone de Beauvoir. Her "Second Sex" is considered a feminist work—and for good reason—but it surpasses any of what Sarte wrote as a philosophical work. While he did build on the backs of others, his ideas remain small compared to his contemporaries.
I agree completely.
It is completely rankling when considering how he is compared to Simone de Beauvoir. Her "Second Sex" is considered a feminist work—and for good reason—but it surpasses any of what Sarte wrote as a philosophical work. While he did build on the backs of others, his ideas remain small compared to his contemporaries.