Sartre — Existentialism and Humanism

Sartre spends this whole short book insisting that freedom is a burden, not a gift.

Sartre delivered the lecture behind this book in Paris in 1946; Methuen's English translation followed in 1948, in this vintage London printing — priced on its jacket in shillings and pence, from before Britain went decimal. A previous owner's price notation and signature remain on the front page.

Sartre's ideal is fascinating — in the ether, embodied in each and every one of us, and yet somehow still abstract. — Anthony

A short book that asks a long question: what are you responsible for?