<div><i>Truth and Existence</i>, written in response to Martin Heidegger's <i>Essence of Truth</i>, is a product of the years when Sartre was reaching full stature as a philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. This concise and engaging text not only presents Sartre's ontology of truth but also addresses the key moral questions of freedom, action, and bad faith.<br><br><i>Truth and Existence</i> is introduced by an extended biographical, historical, and analytical essay by Ronald Aronson.<br><br>"<i>Truth and Existence</i> is another important element in the recently published links between Sartre's existentialist ontology and his later ethical, political, and literary concerns. . . . The excellent introduction by Aronson will help readers not experienced in reading Sartre."--<i>Choice</i><br><br>"Accompanied by an excellent introduction, this dense, lucidly translated treatise reveals Sartre as a characteristically 20th-century figure."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><br>Jean-Paul Sartre (1906-1980) was offered, but declined, the Nobel Prize for literature in 1964. His many works of fiction, drama, and philosophy include the monumental study of Flaubert, <i>The Family Idiot</i>, and <i>The Freud Scenario</i>, both published in translation by the University of Chicago Press.<br><br><br></div>