At the Existentialist Café
Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
Recommended by Nigel Warburton, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #11 in Existentialism, Ranked #23 in Judges — see more rankings.
Paris, near the turn of 1933. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul 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 moment of inspiration, Sartre will create his own extraordinary philosophy of real, experienced life–of love and desire, of freedom and being, of cafés and waiters, of friendships and revolutionary fervour. It is a philosophy that... more
From this moment of inspiration, Sartre will create his own extraordinary philosophy of real, experienced life–of love and desire, of freedom and being, of cafés and waiters, of friendships and revolutionary fervour. It is a philosophy that... more
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- #23 in 2016
- #64 in Existential
- #52 in French History
- #60 in New York Times Bestseller
- #83 in Paris
- #29 in Philosopher
- #80 in Philosophy
- #54 in Philosophy History
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