âI should like to show here that the Ego is neither formally or materially in consciousness: it is outside in the world. â Jean-Paul Sartre The Transcendence of the Ego is one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications and essential for understanding the trajectory of his work as a whole. When it first appeared in France in 1937 Sartre was still largely unknown working as a school teacher in a provincial French town. Attacking prevailing philosophical theories head on Sartre offers a brilliant and radical account of the self as a product of consciousness situated in the world. He introduces many of the themes central to his major work Being and Nothingness: the nature of consciousness the problem of self-knowledge other minds and anguish. This translation includes a thorough and illuminating introduction by Sarah Richmond placing Sartre's essay in its philosophical and historical context. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). The foremost French thinker and writer of the early post-war years. His books which include Being and Nothingness Nausea The Age of Reason and No Exit have exerted enormous influence in philosophy literature politics and drama. . Language: English