So I'm wanting to read Being and Nothingness. What do I need to read to understand it or can I dive right in. I have basic-tier philosophy under my belt (Greeks, Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche for the most part).
>>8171105
I haven't yet read it but if it's like any other Sartre work he'll spoonfeed you before introducing anything heavy. He wrote for common man.
>>8171105
Sartre = pseudo-intellectual wankery.
>>8171162
The pseudo-intellectual's favorite word: pseudo-intellectual.
>>8171173
This is starting to get a bit too meta for me.
>>8171177
>book =/= literature
>>8171257
So therefore book = history?
>>8171267
>being this new
/his/ is the history & humanities board, including philosophy
>Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche
>basic tier
No. You didn't understand.
>>8171279
>/lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc. If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/. If you want to discuss politics, go to /pol/. Philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his/, but ideally those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.
>>8171162
Explain
>>8171105
Heidegger and Husserl wouldn't hurt. I'm reading through without having read those and it isn't so bad. There are PDFs from several classes devoted to the book that are easily found with a Google search. I would say go for it and look up what you don't understand.
Just read this and skip Sartre
http://pacificinstitute.org/pdf/Letter_on_%20Humanism.pdf
>>8172364
>encouraging posters to skip gigantic chunks of work because you ideologically disagree with them
>>8172366
>tripping AND shitposting
>>8172387
How was that a shitpost. Do you know what a shit post is? Don't f*#ck8ing test me dude..........I'm on edge......
it helps if you understand heidegger, but if you understand heidegger you have literally nothing to learn from sartre. his decriptions and anecdotes are entertaining though
