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May 20, 2005
MAILER, SARTRE AND GOD
Norman Mailer is at the top of his game in "On Sartre's God Problem," an essay that appeared in
Libération, the liberal French daily, which recently marked the centenary of the French
philosopher's birth. Reprinted in the current issue of The Nation, it begins: "I would say that
Sartre, despite his incontestable strengths of mind, talent and character, is still the man who
derailed existentialism, sent it right off the track." Then Mailer lays out his reasons in sweet detail
and leads us to an even sweeter conclusion: "Something immense may now be stirring, but to
meet it we will do better to expect that life will not provide the answers we need so much as it
will offer the privilege of improving our questions."
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