Socrates Meets Sartre: The Father of Philosophy Meets the Founder of Existentialism

by Peter Kreeft

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2005

Overview

In Socrates Meets Sartre, Peter Kreeft takes the reader through the world of existentialist philosophy, posing questions that challenge Sartre’s existentialist concepts. Based on a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Sartre that takes place in the afterlife, this profound and witty book makes an entertaining and informative exploration of modern philosophy.

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Key Features

• Takes the reader through the world of existentialist philosophy
• Poses questions that challenge Sartre’s existentialist concepts
• Presents a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Sartre that takes place in the afterlife

Contents

• In Hell?
• The First Principle of Existentialism
• Atheism and Honesty
• “Being-in-itself” and “Being-for-itself”
• Method
• Man (and Woman)
• Am I My Life?
• Responsibility
• Freedom and Values
• Freedom
• The Family
• Love

Top Highlights

“But the traditional order is clearer: first metaphysics—‘What is?’—then anthropology—‘What am I?’—then ethics—‘What should I do?’” (Page 15)

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.*” (Page 20)

“existence is the supreme actuality and that essence is only the potentiality to exist.” (Page 18)

Product Details

• Title: Socrates Meets Sartre: The Father of Philosophy Meets the Founder of Existentialism
• Author: Peter Kreeft
• Series: Socrates Meets …
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 180
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980
• ISBNs: 9781681494425, 1681494426
• Resource ID: LLS:SCRTSMTSSRTR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:50:48Z

About Peter Kreeft

Peter John Kreeft, Ph.D., (born 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King’s College, and author of numerous books as well as a popular writer on philosophy, Christian theology, and specifically Roman Catholic apologetics. He also formulated together with Ronald K. Tacelli, SJ, “Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God.”