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Friendship Through Literature: Camus, Beauvoir, And Sartre, Ann Taylor
Friendship Through Literature: Camus, Beauvoir, And Sartre, Ann Taylor
Ann Connolly
In his book entitled, What is Literature?, Jean-Paul Sartre says of literature that, “If you name the behaviour of an individual, you reveal it to him; he sees himself. And since you are at the same time naming it to all others, he knows that he is seen at the moment he sees himself.” It seems that literature, according to Sartre, was a medium in which the writer could expose the subject to himself in a way impossible for him to see on his own-- perhaps a reflection allowing the subject to see himself as others saw him. We know …
Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor
Albert Camus And Friedrich Nietzsche: At The Crossroads Of Philosophy And Literature, Ann Taylor
Ann Connolly
Western philosophy essentially began as a dramatic form in the dialogues of Plato, but quickly was converted to a subject for study, something analyzed, systematized, and to a large extent removed from everyday experience. Indeed, most think of philosophy as a subject that has no relevance to common existence, even though it undoubtedly always begins there. Attempt at dialogue, or dramatic form of any kind, in philosophy since Plato has generally been either ignored or ineffective. However, with Friedrich Nietzsche, literary forms other than the treatise were re-introduced to Western philosophy in such a way that they no longer could …