[HN Gopher] Karl Jaspers: the forgotten father of existentialism
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       Karl Jaspers: the forgotten father of existentialism
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2023-01-23 20:42 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | pram wrote:
       | Is he really that forgotten? Camus talks about him in "Myth of
       | Sisyphus" and while I haven't read his work personally I
       | definitely recognize his name from the "existentialist pantheon"
        
         | slibhb wrote:
         | He's not literally forgotten but few read him compared to
         | Heidegger and Sartre. Some of his writings aren't translated
         | into English or are very rare.
        
         | amalgamated_inc wrote:
         | fwiw I consider myself somewhat of an existentialist and I've
         | never heard of him. Then again, I didn't manage reading
         | Sisyphus, too boring and.. french.
        
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