This book, first published in 1953, was one of the first written in English that attempted to provide a sympathetic analysis of the new movement of Existentialism. In the attempt to bring out what is of permanent value in what was at the time a study yet to gain academic recognition, it is a valuable work that presents a clear-eyed analysis from the ground up.

E.L. Allen

1. Introduction 2. The Challenge of Death 3. Man and His Freedom 4. Reason, History and Faith 5. Through History to Fidelity