The age of reason
(Book)
Uniform Title
Contributors
Sutton, Eric, translator.
Published
New York : The Modern Library, [1947].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780679738954, 0679738959
Physical Desc
397 pages ; 19 cm.
Status
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| Barrington - Fiction (Main Level) | SAR | On Shelf |
| Bristol (Rogers Free) - Adult Fiction | Fic SAR | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : The Modern Library, [1947].
Language
English
ISBN
9780679738954, 0679738959
Notes
General Note
Translation of L'âge de raison.
General Note
Originally published in France as Les chemins de la liberte, 1. L'âge de raison.
Description
Set in the bohemian Paris of the late 1930s, focuses on three days in the life of a philosophy teacher named Mathieu who is seeking money to pay for an abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Sartre analyses the motives of various characters and their actions and takes into account the perceptions of others to give the reader a comprehensive picture of the main character. The Age of Reason is concerned with Sartre's conception of freedom as the ultimate aim of human existence. This work seeks to illustrate the existentialist notion of ultimate freedom through presenting a detailed account of the characters' psychologies as they are forced to make significant decisions in their lives. As the novel progresses, character narratives espouse Sartre's view of what it means to be free and how one operates within the framework of society with this philosophy. This novel is a fictional reprise of some of the main themes in his major philosophical study Being and Nothingness. One of the notions is that ultimately a person's freedom is unassailable as it is fundamentally part of the nothingness that is the imagination and so cannot be taken away or destroyed.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sartre, J., & Sutton, E. (1947). The age of reason . The Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 and Eric, Sutton. 1947. The Age of Reason. The Modern Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 and Eric, Sutton. The Age of Reason The Modern Library, 1947.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sartre, Jean-Paul, and Eric Sutton. The Age of Reason The Modern Library, 1947.
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