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內容簡介 《紐約時報》2016年度十大好書《科克斯書評》2016年度最佳非虛構寫作決選名單蒙田傳記《閱讀蒙田，是為了生活》作者Sarah Bakewell最新作品，一同發現存在主意的起源與意義1933年的巴黎，在著名的花神咖啡館中，年輕的尚-保羅‧沙特、西蒙‧波娃及雷蒙‧阿隆啜飲著杏桃雞尾酒相聚於此，談論著一種來自柏林的全新的思維，稱為現象學。「如果你是一個現象學者，你就可以談論這杯雞尾酒，並且從中探討出哲學。」一句話因此點燃了一場運動，激發沙特將現象學整合進他的人道主義中，因而創造了沙特特有的激進的自由意志主義。這股力量席捲當時的爵士俱樂部與左岸公園所有的咖啡廳，這就是存在主意的前身。以傳記性的內容，細細描述存在主義和現象學泰斗爭論何謂生活？何謂自由？怎樣成為一個真正的人？這些與存在主義相關的議題從二戰之前就開始，一直延綿至今。Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. 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…‘It’s not often that you miss your bus stop because you’re so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that... The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn’t win awards, I will eat my copy’ Independent on Sunday‘Bakewell shows how fascinating were some of the existentialists’ ideas and how fascinating, often frightful, were their lives. Vivid, humorous anecdotes are interwoven with a lucid and unpatronising exposition of their complex philosophy… Tender, incisive and fair’ Daily Telegraph‘Quirky, funny, clear and passionate… Few writers are as good as Bakewell at explaining complicated ideas in a way that makes them easy to understand’ Mail on Sunday
