Le je-ne-sais-quoi et le presque-rien (complete in 3 vol.): 1) La Maniere et l’Occasion 2) La Meconnaissance: La Malentendu 3) La Volonte de Vouloir

Jankelevitch, Vladimir. Le je-ne-sais-quoi et le presque-rien (complete in 3 vol.):
1) La Maniere et l’Occasion
2) La Meconnaissance: La Malentendu
3) La Volonte de Vouloir. Paris: Seuil, 1980. . 3 volumes. 8vo. 146 (1)pp. 247 (1)pp. 85 (1)pp. Original illustrated wrappers with beige and black lettering. Wrappers in mylar jackets. Work by the renowned French philosopher Vladimir Jankelevitch (1903-1985). Minor yellowing to wrappers. Inside clean and tight. In French. Very good condition. vg. Softcover.

On the author (source: Beth Hatefutsoth/ Diaspora Museum, Tel-Aviv):
Vladimir Jankelevitch (1903-1985), Philosopher. Born in Bourges, France, he taught in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Toulouse, France, and then in Lille, France, until he was dismissed by the Vichy government in 1940. After WW2 he was professor at Lille and then at the Sorbonne, Paris. His writings are influenced by Henri Bergson, and some deal with the metaphysics of time. Jankelevich was also a musicologist writing on 20th century French composers. (17218) $75