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
believe men drawing
You know how much I admire Che Guevara. In fact, I believe that the man was not only an intellectual but also the most complete human being of our age: as a fighter and as a man, as a theoretician who was able to further the cause of revolution by drawing his theories from his personal experience in battle.
life hate order
I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.
our-actions way responsible
Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.
believe knows
To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
men rooms impossible
If I relegate impossible Salvation to the prop room, what remains? A whole man, composed of all men and as good as all of them and no better than any.
hurt suffering tears
I will take it all: tongs, molten lead, prongs, garrotes, all that burns, all that tears, I want to truly suffer. Better one hundred bites, better the whip, vitriol, than this suffering in the head, this ghost of suffering which grazes and caresses and never hurts enough.
imagination existential realizing
Imagination is not an empirical or superadded power of consciousness, it is the whole of consciousness as it realizes its freedom.
men genius way
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out.
men differences different
Men equally honest, equally devoted to their fatherland, are momentarily separated by different conceptions of their duty.
life games would-be
We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.
suffering rhythm like-me
You must be like me; you must suffer in rhythm.
teacher teaching philosophical
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
graduation freedom responsibility
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
fake-people hate judging
I hate victims who respect their executioners.