This one is a decent intro to existentialism that definitely oversimplifies (a criticism that Satre himself acknowledges as true and led to him regret that he allowed it to be published). I would have gotten more out of Existentialism is a Humanism if I had read it before The Ethics of Ambiguity. Satre seems to make the claim here that ethics under existentialism cannot really exist. As long as the an action is taken freely, it is ethically valid. This point was rejected by his life partner De Beauvoir and I believe she was correct.

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This is a pretty good intro to what existentialism, and the fundamental ideas related to this school of thought. I think Sartre does a great job in incorporating his own views of the political climate and relating them back to what it means to be an existentialist. He also elaborates on what he means by “humanism” towards the end, which I thought was really insightful. He also disses Camus which is funny.

I recently finished my master's degree. I'm not sure what it says about me that when I finally felt the freedom that comes after two years of assigned reading, some of the first books I picked up were Camus and Sartre. They did not disappoint.

I don't agree with all of Sartre's arguments. I am not an atheist, for example, and I don't understand the concept of a "proud humility," which he ascribes to Camus. But I still enjoyed reading this even when there is so much to disagree with.

I feel truth here. The ideas of existence preceding essence, radical responsibility, anguish, abandonment, they all sit well in my brain and provide comfort to me. I have no idea why.

Best intro for Existentialism can't be, great book!