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Books by Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, novelist, biographer, playwright, screenwriter, and literary critic. His work is considered very important in the development of the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology. Known as one of two authors who have refused the Nobel Prize in literature, Sartre wrote: “Being and Nothingness,” “Existentialism is a Humanism,” “Nausea,” “No Exit,” and “The Devil and the Good Lord.”

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Being and Nothingness

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In “Being and Nothingness,” Jean-Paul Sartre discusses the being (ontology) regarding the structures of our consciousness and how those structures help us experience and perceive the phenomena of the world around us (phenomenology). Or, to put it bluntly, a person is free to do whatever they want and, yet, allow themselves to become what conventions expect them to become.

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