Flawed existentialist thinkers remain worth studying for the questions they insist on

Evidence

But that is one reason why the existentialists demand rereading. They remind us that human existence is difficult and that people often behave appallingly, yet they also show how great our possibilities are. They constantly repeat the questions about freedom and being that we constantly try to forget. We can explore the directions the existentialists indicate without needing to take them as exemplary personalities, or even as exemplary thinkers. They are interesting thinkers, which I believe makes them more worth our trouble. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 1007

Categorization

• XREF: Ties to the book’s overall thesis that existentialism remains relevant to contemporary thought — connects to: Existentialist philosophy reads as current because it answers the two largest human questions. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 98; Heidegger and Sartre may not be existentialism’s most consequential thinkers — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 107

Broader Connections

• Heidegger and Sartre may not be existentialism’s most consequential thinkers #qualifies (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 107