Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartrewas a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 June 1905
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
order trying might
I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
mean heart flames
As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
philosophical taken sunset
There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.
trust philosophical intelligent
Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
peace war community
Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.
years purple oil
I grow warm, I begin to feel happy. There is nothing extraordinary in this, it is a small happiness of Nausea: it spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of out time - the time of purple suspenders, and broken chair seats; it is made of white, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain. No sooner than born, it is already old, it seems as though I have known it for twenty years.
adventure men people
This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it. This is what fools people: a man is always a teller of tales, he sees everything that happens to him through them; and he tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story. But you have to choose: live or tell.
world appearance whole
The appearance of the other in the world corresponds therefore to a congealed sliding of the whole universe.
essence existence
Existence is prior to essence.
use wanted my-own
I wanted my own words. But the ones I use have been dragged through I don't know how many consciences.
individual
An individual chooses and makes himself.
thinking bones break
To think new thoughts you have to break the bones in your head
men impress involved
A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.
asking revelations minutes
I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency...