How to Be an Existentialist or How to Get Real, Get a Grip and Stop Making Excuses - a book review

Philosophy is not easy to dumb down - or at least a sophisticated and complex philosophical world view like existentialism. Nonetheless, in this brief work, Cox has done an admirable job in simplifying existentialism. 

To be sure, there are paragraphs which require rereading to be understood but, by and large, Cox succeeds in explaining authenticity, bad faith, freedom and other critical aspects of existentialism succinctly. 

Cox's work is a nice recap for readers familiar with the existentialism of Sartre (and others). For newbies, it's a good place to start though some knowledge of the existentialist world view will help.