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InfluencingphilosopherssuchasSartreandCamus,andstillstrikinglymoderninitspsychologicalinsights,Kierkegaard's"TheSicknessUntoDeath"explorestheconceptof'despair'asasymptomofthehumanconditionanddescribesman'sstruggletofillthespiritualvoid.Throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.NowPenguinbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilizationandhelpedmakeuswhoweare.