1st Edition

The Transcendence of the Ego A Sketch for a Phenomenological Description

By Jean-Paul Sartre Copyright 2011
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

‘I should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside, in the world.’ Jean-Paul Sartre The Transcendence of the Ego is one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications and essential for understanding the trajectory of his work as a whole. When it first appeared in France in 1937 Sartre was still largely unknown, working... Read more
Introduction by Sarah Richmond 1. The I and the me 2. The constitution of the Ego Conclusion Notes Index

Biography

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books, which include Being and Nothingness, Nausea, The Age of Reason and No Exit have exerted enormous influence in philosophy, literature, politics and drama.