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Thomas Dylan Daniel

Apr 18, 2020

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Why Read Existentialism?

We’ve started an Existentialist Book Club. Welcome! This article will explain my connection to existentialism and what we hope to do, here.

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When I broached the concept of the Existentialist Book Club to a friend of mine from grad school, she was very excited. My initial thought was that I’d defer to her expertise and let her…

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Philosopher. Founder of WIP Publishing & PAGE DAO. Author of Formal Dialectics and Bring Back Satire. https://dylan.app.bio/

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