SARTRE, J. P.

Librairie Gallimard, Paris 1950 722 p.Sider. Paperback. OK condition - Sartre's First Major Philosophical StatementAlong with the Critique de la raison dialectique, this is one of the two major philosophical works by the Nobel laureate and dominant intellectual force in the cultural life of mid-century France. While there is considerable controversy regarding Sartre's technical and systematic contributions and to their ultimate place in the history of philosophy, it remains true, as one critic avers, that ""the extraordinary fecundity and energy of Sartre's mind must be recognized. Again and again, when he seems most deeply involved in some hopelessly sterile logomachy, he will offer an insight that make the tortuous complications of his terminology a small price to pay in turn. In this respect he is like Hegel, whom, among the great philosophers, he may most resemble"" (Frederick A. Olafson). Some rep. at page 120-121. TEXT IN FRENCH.