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
thinking ugh want
I am. I am, I exist, I think, therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think any more, I am because I think that I don't want to be, I think that I . . . because . . . ugh!
no-exit
You are -- your life, and nothing else.
life existentialism moments
Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.
inspirational learning growth
We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
inspirational philosophical passion
We must act out passion before we can feel it.
inspirational attitude freedom
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
book library important
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
life spiritual witty
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
years differences hours
Several hours or several years make no difference once you have lost eternity.
believe men existence
I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.
philosophy philosophical want
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.
choices our-choices
We are our choices.
life philosophy philosophical
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.
consciousness conscious nothingness
Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.