MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) are there any great life changing books on the subject that you guys could tell me about? Edited September 8, 2012 by MARCELL DAREUS POWER
plenzmd1 Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 "hell is other people"..Still one of my favoriye lines of all time! Assume you have read No Exit and this foray is a result . Satre is about the only existentialist i have read..wish i could be help
The Poojer Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 I like the crash test dummies song that uses j.p. state's name, plus I love the philosophers song by Monty Python....so what do u need to know. I'm here to help.
/dev/null Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 I think, therefore I hammer I like the crash test dummies song that uses j.p. state's name They sang a song about JP Losman?
uncle flap Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Camus is great. True! One of my all-time favorite writers! I'd recommend Kierkegaard and Gabriel Marcel. And as mentioned above, Satre has some pretty interesting stuff. Or you can just skip right to the Zoloft prescription
The Poojer Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Damned autocorrect.. j.p. satre... I think, therefore I hammer They sang a song about JP Losman?
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Love "The Stranger" by Camus, simply because of how fascinating it is, and how it so purely existentialist. I am also a big Soren Kiekegaard fan. I buy into Christian existentionalism. But I find his stuff hard to read--I mostly cheat and read secondary sources on Kierkegaard.
ajzepp Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Definitely read the Stranger, like JR said...ever since I read that book and had some lectures on existentialism back at Temple U, I've always found it pretty fascinating.
Nanker Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 are there any great life changing books on the subject that you guys could tell me about? Why are you interested in changing your life? Books are an entertaining but weak source for that. Being engaged in doing something can be life changing. You could take up the venerable practices of Yoga or Zen Buddhism, or aren't they shiny enough?
/dev/null Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Why are you interested in changing your life? Books are an entertaining but weak source for that. Being engaged in doing something can be life changing. You could take up the venerable practices of Yoga or Zen Buddhism, or aren't they shiny enough? You do realize that you're talking to MDP
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Why are you interested in changing your life? Books are an entertaining but weak source for that. Being engaged in doing something can be life changing. You could take up the venerable practices of Yoga or Zen Buddhism, or aren't they shiny enough? If the seed of an idea plants itself firmly, it can change your life. I believe that.
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted September 8, 2012 Author Posted September 8, 2012 Why are you interested in changing your life? Books are an entertaining but weak source for that. Being engaged in doing something can be life changing. You could take up the venerable practices of Yoga or Zen Buddhism, or aren't they shiny enough? i know... and my phil professor practices some type of eastern discipline... cant remember. i have heard from two of my teachers about a couple books( forget which) that did make them take a whole new perspective... even have a personal existential crisis... not to debate, but i do think ideas can be life-changing, just as much as a physical experience... but i get what youre saying dude
MARCELL DAREUS POWER Posted September 8, 2012 Author Posted September 8, 2012 Love "The Stranger" by Camus, simply because of how fascinating it is, and how it so purely existentialist. I am also a big Soren Kiekegaard fan. I buy into Christian existentionalism. But I find his stuff hard to read--I mostly cheat and read secondary sources on Kierkegaard. yeah, thats the one! im going to get that!
Dr. Who Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 I think the Christian existentialist-personalist thinkers have more insight than Sartre and Camus. The French existentialists are still worth reading, though. Kierkegaard is insightful, but difficult and one has to work through what he is doing with assumed characters as authors, indirect communication, etc. I recommend the following: Nicholai Berdyaev, The Meaning of the Creative Act, The Destiny of Man Gabriel Marcel, Being and Having, Man Against Mass Society Christos Yannaras, Post-Modern Metaphysics, Relational Ontology The Greek fellow at the end is more a fellow traveler than a straight existentialist, but he's interesting and is working through a similar metaphysical stance.
DC Tom Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 not to debate, but i do think ideas can be life-changing, just as much as a physical experience... but i get what youre saying dude For example: if you ever had one of your own, it would be a HUGE change...
Nanker Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 You do realize that you're talking to MDP For example: if you ever had one of your own, it would be a HUGE change...
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