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Being and nothingness : an essay on phenomenological ontology

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-19802020
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First published in French in 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre's 'L'Être et le Néant' is one of the greatest philosophical works of the twentieth century. In it, Sartre offers nothing less than a brilliant and radical account of the human condition. The English philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch wrote to a friend of 'the excitement - I remember nothing like it since the days of discovering Keats and Shelley and Coleridge'. This new translation makes this classic work of philosophy available to a new generation of readers. What gives our lives significance, Sartre argues in Being and Nothingness, is not pre-established for us by God or nature but is something for which we ourselves are responsible. At the heart of this view are Sartre's radical conceptions of consciousness and freedom.
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Main title:
Being and nothingness : an essay on phenomenological ontology / Jean-Paul Sartre ; translated by Sarah Richmond.
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 2020.
Collation:
lxvii, 848 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.Includes index.This translation originally published: 2018.Description based on information supplied online (viewed on March 2, 2022).
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780367461409 (pbk)
Dewey class:
111
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2958257
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