Download or read book From Rationalism to Existentialism written by Robert C. Solomon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enduring text, renowned philosopher Robert C. Solomon provides students with a detailed introduction to modern existentialism. He reveals how this philosophy not only connects with, but derives from, the thought of traditional philosophers through the works of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. Thus, existentialism emerges from the school of rational thought as a logical evolution of respected philosophy.