A presença do filósofo

This paper pays tribute to the Bento Prado’s work, stressing the originality and the critical aspect of his philosophical posture. In this sense, it analyses the strength of the concept of “Presence” – central axis of the author’s doctoral thesis, published with the title Presence and transcendental field – which is able to design in an unheard-of manner a point of convergence between the philosophies of Bergson, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.