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Thomas R. Flynn

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Philosophy, Existentialism, Jean Paul Sartre

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Thomas R. Flynn holds a PhD from Columbia University (1970) and currently serves in the Department of Philosophy at Emory University. Ph.D. Dissertation: Jean-Paul Sartre and the Problem of Collective Responsibility.

Areas of Competence: History of Philosophy (Modern period and 19th Century); Theory of Knowledge; Aesthetics

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	Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction 3.50 avg rating — 1,674 ratings — published 2006 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sartre: A Philosophical Biography 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sartre and Marxist Existentialism: The Test Case of Collective Responsibility really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sartre, Foucault, and Historical Reason, Volume 1: Toward an Existentialist Theory of History 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sartre, Foucault, and Historical Reason, Volume 2: A Poststructuralist Mapping of History 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dynamics of the Writing Conference: Social and Cognitive Interaction by Thomas R. Flynn, Mary King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialectic and Narrative (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and Literature, 3) by Thomas R. Flynn (editor), Dalia Judovitz (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The charismatic renewal and the Irish experience it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Über Sartre : Perspektiven und Kritiken by Thomas R. Flynn, Peter Kampits, Erik M. Vogt 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sartre, Foucault and Reason in History: Toward an Existentialist Theory 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...Life does not follow the continuous flow of logical argument and that one often has to risk moving beyond the limits of the rational in order to live life to the fullest.”
― Thomas R. Flynn, Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

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“Because of the almost irresistible pull toward conformity in modern society, what we shall call ‘existential individuality’ is an achievement, and not a permanent one at that. We are born biological beings but we must become existential individuals by accepting responsibility for our actions. This is an application of Nietzsche’s advice to ‘become what you are’. Many people never do acknowledge such responsibility but rather flee their existential individuality into the comfort of the faceless crowd. As”
― Thomas R. Flynn, Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

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“Time has its own viscosity, as Michel Foucault remarked. Ekstatic temporality embodies its flow.”
― Thomas R. Flynn, Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

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