About this title: First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Husserl's notion of a transcendental ego. The break with Husserl, in turn, facilitated Sartre's transition from phenomenology to the existentialist doctrines of his masterwork, "Being and Nothingness," which was completed a few years later while the author was a prisoner of war. This student-friendly edition of "The Transcendence of the Ego" ...
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Edition: Reprint. 1968, thirteenth printing.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English, French. 119 p. 21 cm. Name on first page. Unmarked interior pages are tanning at edges. Some edge wear to cover. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [109]-119) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Date Published: 1991-01-01
ISBN-13:9780809015450ISBN:0809015455
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hill & Wang
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780809015450ISBN:0809015455
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 119 p. Audience: General/trade. Shelf wear. Brand New! No Marks! Fast Shipping! Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Date Published: 1991-01-01
ISBN-13:9780809015450ISBN:0809015455
Description: Good. As issued no jacket. Trade Paperback. Good plus condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine or cover. Slight waviness and light watermark at bottom of back cover and last half of text. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Covers show some edge wear. Some corner curl to book. Pages are moderately age browned. No markings to text. No creasing to spine. Tight binding. Text in English, French. 119 p. 21 cm. Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [109]-119) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Noonday Press
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. 1960 softcover. Third Printing stated. Unmarked, well-bound pages. Paper cover is shelf-rubbed and sunned, but shows no rips or creases, and all cover text remains perfectly legible. A good, tight, useful copy of an early English-language edition of "The Transcendence of the Ego. " read more
Description: Fair. B000PSDGVW PLEASE NOTE: RELATIVELY POOR CONDITION BUT ACCEPTABLE READING COPY. 1960 softcover. COver worn and smudged. Small scrape on spine. Foxing on page edges. Notes and underlining through first 25 pages. Remaining text clean. Binding tight. Not ex-library. Acceptable reading copy only. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780809015450ISBN:0809015455
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
Edition: 16th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Noonday Press, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very Good + Vg+ trade size soft cover tight and square. name on first page ow unmarked and uncreased. remnant of sticker to front cover at bottom corner. reduced shipping on this item 119pp vg+/-- read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780809015450ISBN:0809015455
Description: New. First published in France in 1937, this important essay marked a turning point in Sartre's philosophical development. Before writing it, he had been closely allied with phenomenologists such as Husserl and Heidegger. Here, however, Sartre attacked Hu... read more
"I loved this book. Sartre's explanation of non-positional consciousness really challenged my thought that inherent in every conscious act is an "I", which synthesizes and processes phenomenal information. I think this could be applied to Eastern philosophy quite easily."
"I have a lot of thoughts on this book, and would like to write a response that would seek to describe the way improvisation relates to "action" in the existentialist tradition. As soon as I get my thoughts straight on this subject, I'll post the writing on my blog."
"As much as it pains me to admit it, this one was over my head. I trudged through over half of it but finally decided that the little bit I was getting wasn't worth the effort of continuing. Hopefully, in a few years I'll be able to return to this and read it like it's a Harry Potter novel."
"I don't know why I read this all the way to the end. All I proved to myself is that I don't care whether things really exist or not. I also found that I don't believe that philosophers should ever use the terms "obviously" or "it follows that" because no, they don't necessarily follow at all. Whether anything objectively exists or not might be important if I didn't actually have to live in the world, but I think in reality, if I thought about that all of the time, I would get sick."
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