L'etre et le neant (Being and Nothingness) by SARTRE, Jean Paul - 1943

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1943. First printing. Very Good. SARTRE, Jean Paul. L'etre et le neant (Being and Nothingness). Librairie Gallimard, Paris 1943 - Half-title + TP + Dedication page + half-title + [11]-722 + [723]-[724] = Table des Matieres + 2 leaves, Octavo. First Edition (Douglas 327; Contat 43/34a)Along 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. The very rare first edition, first impression from "Bibliothèque des idées", printed on 25th of June 1943 ("Le vingt-cinq juin mil neuf cent quarante-trois" (colophon) ), with the printed dedication "au CASTOR" (i.e. for Simone de Beauvoir"). 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 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). CONDITION: Original paper covers. Clean pages throughout. Light browning to spine. Review copy with “SP” SERVICE DE PRESSE printed to title page and rear wrapper. Housed in a cloth clam shell box. Overall, a very good or possibly near fine copy of a delicate and fragile work. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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