what does this sentense mean?
in this text, what does it mean?
(men of letters)
After the 1940s, however , there was a widespread tendency,especially prominent in the existential philosophy of (men of letters) such as Jean-Paul Sarter and Albert Camus, to view a human being as an isolated existent who is cast into an alien universe; to conceive the human world as possessing no inherent truth, value, or meaning; and to present human life....

Is this mean: they wrote letters to each other and in their letters they showed their tendency...
is this true?what does exactly mean men of letters?

Question

what does this sentense mean?
in this text, what does it mean?
(men of letters)
After the 1940s, however , there was a widespread tendency,especially prominent in the existential philosophy of (men of letters) such as Jean-Paul Sarter and Albert Camus, to view a human being as an isolated existent who is cast into an alien universe; to conceive the human world as possessing no inherent truth, value, or meaning; and to present human life....

Is this mean: they wrote letters to each other and in their letters they showed their tendency...
is this true?what does exactly mean men of letters?

Answer

A man of letters is a man who devotes his professional life to the language arts.  This could mean writing, studying, criticism, etc.  His counterpart is a man of science.

Answer

it means writers or scholars
Charless Dickens was a man of letters.

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