Truth and Existence

By Jean-Paul Sartre

Book Overview

Truth and Existence , written in response to Martin Heidegger's Essence of Truth , is a product of the years when Sartre was reaching full stature as a philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. This concise and engaging text not only presents Sartre's ontology of truth but also addresses the key moral questions of freedom, action, and bad faith. Truth and Existence is introduced by an extended biographical, historical, and analytical essay by Ronald Aronson. " Truth and Existence is another important element in the recently published links between Sartre's existentialist ontology and his later ethical, political, and literary concerns. . . . The excellent introduction by Aronson will help readers not experienced in reading Sartre."- Choice "Accompanied by an excellent introduction, this dense, lucidly translated treatise reveals Sartre as a characteristically 20th-century figure."- Publishers Weekly Jean-Paul Sartre (1906-1980) was offered, but declined, the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964. His many works of fiction, drama, and philosophy include the monumental study of Flaubert, The Family Idiot , and The Freud Scenario , both published in translation by the University of Chicago Press.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226735222
• ISBN13: 9780226735221
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Addition to Being and Nothingness

Further developing themes laid out in earlier works, specifically truth and ignorance as it relates to Being. The prose is dense at times, and you can tell in many places that this book was published unfinished-once in a while the ideas meander or are not clearly defined. Nevertheless, I found it to be a highly interesting read containing ideas that are both philosophically intriguing and personally relevant. A companion piece to Baing and Nothingness. I don't speak French so I cannot personally evaluate the translation job, but the English here flows well enough. Highly recommended.