Four essays by the French master addressing other philosophers and their work.
Iconic French novelist, playwright and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 dash;1980) is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through the decades. The Seagull Sartre Library now presents some of his most incisive philosophical, cultural, and literary critical essays in newly designed and affordable editions.
The four essays of varying length assembled in this volume bear witness to Sartrevsquo;s preoccupation with philosophers and their work. In these pages he examines Descartesisquo;s concept of freedom; comments on a fundamental idea in Husserlisquo;s phenomenology: intentionality; writes a mixed review of Denis de Rougemontesquo;s monumental Love in the Western World; and provides an extensive critical analysis of the work of Brice Parain, one of Franceosquo;s leading philosophers of language.
