Used Book in Good Condition</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Born in Paris in 1905?? Sartre was a professor of philosophy when he jo"ed the French Army at the outbreak of World War II. Captured by the Germans?? he was released?? after nearly a year?? in 1941. He immediately joined the French resistance as a journalist. In the postwar era Jean-Paul Sartre - philosopher?? critic?? novelist?? and dramatist - became one of the most influential men of this century. He died in Paris in 1980.</br></br>Amazon.com Review</br></br>Jean-Paul Sartre?? the seminal smarty-pants of mid-century thinking?? launched the existentialist fleet with the publication of <I>Being and Nothingness</I> in 1943. Though the book is thick?? dense?? and unfriendly to careless readers?? it is indispensable to those interested in the philosophy of consciousness and free will. Some of his arguments are fallacious?? others are unclear?? but for the most part Sartre's thoughts penetrate deeply into fundamental philosophical territory. Basing