If you want to get into sartres style before throwing yourself out there in being and nothingness, you could start by reading some of his smaller works, such as transcendence of the ego, existentialism is a humanism as already mentioned or maybe sketch for a theory of the emotions and the imaginary somewhat longer, but nowhere near bnlenght if you read the stranger and some kafka and. Last july, deborah received a strange package in the mail the package contained a book. Book full being and nothingness by jeanpaul sartre. Jun 01, 2014 the author was a joe k a reference to kafkas josef k. Jul 29, 2014 etre et le neant by jeanpaul sartre, 1978, pocket books edition, unknown binding in english. Along the way, there are two books by sartre on the imagination and one on the. S262 hazel barnes is the translator of being and nothingness too. An essay on phenomenological ontology, sometimes subtitled a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher jeanpaul sartre, in which the author asserts the individuals existence as prior to the individuals essence and seeks to demonstrate that free.
I send the book to you since it is oddly intertwined with professor douglas hofstadter and his. Being and nothingness a phenomenological essay on ontology. First published in french in 1943, jeanpaul sartres letre et le neant is one of the greatest philosophical works of the twentieth century. In the book, sartre develops a philosophical account in support of his existentialism, dealing with topics such as consciousness, perception, social philosophy, selfdeception, the existence of nothingness, psychoanalysis, and the question of free will. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Jeanpaul sartre, the seminal smartypants of midcentury thinking, launched the existentialist fleet with the publication of being and nothingness in 1943. This is not just because the earlier parts are presupposed by the later ones. Aug 28, 2003 being and nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mindset of subsequent generations. A phenomenological essay on ontology by jean paul sartre. Should that be the case, you will need to have the book translated to english, twentyone rather short pages. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individuals relationship with the world.
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Being and nothingness by sartre jean paul, first edition. Being and nothingness and critique of dialectical reason, and is interesting for tracing how his thinking went from the one to the other. The last important part of being and nothingness that i wish to address is that which deals with the beingforothers. Jeanpaul sartre 19051980 was a significant voice in the creation of existential thought. Being and nothingness is, and are certainly less ambitious in scope. Essai dontologie phenomenologique, sometimes published with the subtitle a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher jeanpaul sartre. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. The celebrated french philosophers most essential text, being and nothingness takes a revolutionary look at ontology, ethics, and personal freedom in being and nothingness, jeanpaul sartre closely examines ontology the study of the nature of being and discusses empirical issues that he finds scientific fields struggle to explain. An essay on phenomenological ontology, sometimes published with the subtitle a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher jeanpaul sartre. Essai dontologie phenomenologique, sometimes subtitled a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by philosopher jeanpaul sartre. Someone had carefully cut out with scissors the page that would have listed the publishing and details, the isbn. While a prisoner of war in 1940 and 1941, sartre read. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions. Being and nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mindset of subsequent generations. This is a difficult but extremely exciting book on the philosophy of mind. An essay on phenomenological ontology, sometimes subtitled a phenomenological essay on ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher jeanpaul sartre, in which the author asserts the individuals existence as prior to the individuals essence and seeks to demonstrate that free will exists. The foritself brings nothingness into the world and therefore can stand out from being and form attitudes towards other beings by seeing what it is not.
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