Works of Sartre (Volumes 1-8)

Author: Sartre
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The Collected Works of Sartre compiles all of Sartre's novels, dramas, and important literary essays, providing a comprehensive overview of the literary figure Sartre. It includes Sartre's famous works such as Nausea, The Wall, and The Life of the Mind, which are considered to represent his highest artistic achievements. In the tenth chapter of Nausea, Sartre presents a fundamental proposition of existentialist philosophy in literary form: "A being without essence is nothing." In simpler terms, this means "to live aimlessly is to live in a void." The five short stories in The Wall propose another fundamental proposition of existentialist philosophy: "Man is free, and his fate depends on his own choices." The autobiographical novel The Life of the Mind humorously and engagingly narrates the author's journey of self-awareness and self-realization, explaining the starting point of existentialist thought and the entire philosophical system.