'Hero' in sense of 'Existentialism' populist.
A primer into a certain clean method of perception that struck a cord In the context of the mood of its time in the ruins of post-war Europe.
Something novel was injected into the modern cultural mainstream, not because of this guy's conclusions but despite them.
His conclusions are safe, staid, popular ones, which could have contributed to his success in 'touching a common cord''. At least in terms of hooking people in, then leaving them with some feeling of satisfaction afterwards.
Yet it wasn't simply this. There was something more than that. Not only telling people want they wanted to hear. It wasn't simply the narrative and the interpretation, but more essentially the power of a certain methodology of questioning.
"What's it all about?" childlike question
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