Philosophical reading

[Hovik]

Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre is definitely a must have. Just about anything by Nietzsche belongs in there too.

Actually in the process of being and nothingness right now, it is certainly a strange read but far more palatable than anything by Nietzsche, his writing style is completely ludicrous in BG&E
Sartre's entire philosophy is quite a materialist approach but I find his refernces to Heidegger and Husserl to be a bit too frequent. However, perhaps I'm still wet behind the ears in these things. Overall it's quite a lucid experience

I very much enjoy Sartre's particular brand of existentialism such that it has been quite influential in the way in which I look at the world. I'm in the process of reading B&N myself after having read several of his other papers and works. His writing can be a little thick, too.

As for Nietzsche, his writing is indeed a little difficult to work through; it takes a careful reading to understand all of what he says.