A review by rectmetal
Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology by Jean-Paul Sartre

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

This has been the most challenging book I have ever read, but it was worth every headache, every yawn, every definition search, and every re-read passage required to follow his arguments. This is certainly not a book you can read once and understand; this is a book worthy of revisiting and studying carefully. Sartre helps illustrate the ideas of his predecessors while also opening the door for the works of his contemporaries. As a student of philosophy that has already completed his undergrad, I feel that it was a brilliant choice to tackle this behemoth of a book before delving further into those of his peers and the postmodernists that came after him.