At the Existentialist Café
Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with JeanPaul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice MerleauPonty and Others
by Sarah Bakewell
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Existentialism, Philosophy, and Philosophy.
Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the BecdeGaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are JeanPaul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their friend Raymond Aron, who opens their eyes to a radical new way of thinking. Pointing to his drink, he says, 'You can make philosophy out of this cocktail!'From this mome...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Existentialism, Philosophy, and Philosophy.
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Nigel Warburton
“@kkthomason I love that book and also her At The Existentialist Café! Sarah’s on Twitter @Sarah_Bakewell She talks about Montaigne in this Philosophy Bites interview: a”
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“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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