ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1965, is a critical exposition of the philosophical doctrines of Jean-Paul Sartre. His contribution to ethical and political theory, and to metaphysics and ontology, is reviewed against the background of German idealism and phenomenology, and his arguments are presented clearly so that readers may assess their philosophical value in their own right.

chapter 1|29 pages

Cartesianism

chapter 2|21 pages

Nothingness

chapter 3|25 pages

Being-for-others

chapter 4|22 pages

Being-in-the-world

chapter 5|25 pages

Freedom

chapter 6|48 pages

The radical conversion