# Favorite existentialist philosopher **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897 "2015-01-26T01:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/21 "2015-01-27T00:41:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > All I know is Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table. I’m glad I’m not the only one who sings the song. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/22 "2015-01-27T08:20:19Z")
There’s nothing \*\*Nietzsche \*\*couldn’t teach you 'bout the raising of the wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/23 "2015-01-27T14:29:50Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Camus was, at least, kind of readable… Oh, dear Og, I had to laugh at that. I had to read his tripe in college. If I never read anything written by Camus for the rest of my life and all of my next life, it still won’t be long enough. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/24 "2015-01-27T20:08:31Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Oh, dear Og, I had to laugh at that. > > I had to read his tripe in college. If I never read anything written by Camus for the rest of my life and all of my next life, it still won’t be long enough. Seriously? Do you reckon he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature solely for his nice wording? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/25 "2015-01-28T23:01:55Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Seriously? Do you reckon he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature solely for his nice wording? I’ve only read The Stranger and The Plague in English translation. I would not recommend either to anyone. They’ve got to be better in French. N’cest pas? ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/26 "2015-01-29T07:21:40Z")
I’ll go with Sartre, just because he had hallucinations about lobsters pursuing him. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/27 "2015-01-30T03:09:21Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Seriously? Do you reckon he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature solely for his nice wording? Faulkner’s another good example of a Nobel laureate I would not inflict on anyone. I had to read Sartre in university and probably got more out of him than I would have just reading him on my own thanks to class discussions and all that. (Yes, I know the quote above is regarding Camus, and I like Camus myself.) ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/28 "2015-01-31T13:45:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Faulkner’s another good example of a Nobel laureate I would not inflict on anyone. Faulkner is one of the most original writer I’ve ever read and one of the few authors whose works I’d enjoy re-reading. (Just in case: no, I’m not a Marcel Proust fan.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/29 "2015-02-01T04:52:15Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Faulkner is one of the most original writer I’ve ever read and one of the few authors whose works I’d enjoy re-reading. (Just in case: no, I’m not a Marcel Proust fan.) Now see, I _do_ like Proust. I read and enjoyed his entire _In Search of Lost Time_ epic. So to each his own. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/30 "2015-02-01T06:44:01Z")
Does Walker Percy count? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/31 "2015-02-01T19:11:34Z")
Sartre. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897/32 "2015-02-01T20:01:05Z")
Had to read Being & Nothingness in college. I’ll pick anyone who isn’t Sartre. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-existentialist-philosopher/710897.md?page=1)