Jean Paul
Jean Paul
Jean Paul, born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth21 March 1763
CountryGermany
dream men somewhere-else
God is dead. Let us not understand by this that he does not exist or even that he no longer exists. He is dead. He spoke to us and is silent. We no longer have anything but his cadaver. Perhaps he slipped out of the world, somewhere else like the soul of a dead man. Perhaps he was only a dream...God is dead.
freedom responsibility men
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
beautiful may chaos
There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
inspirational commitment interesting
Commitment is an act, not a word.
boredom too-much enough
What is boredom? It is when there is simultaneously too much and not enough.
philosophy war philosophical
When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.
love inspirational undone
In love, one and one are one.
death existence-of-life existentialism
One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life.
love-you important answers
It answers the question that was tormenting you: my love, you are not 'one thing in my life' - not even the most important - because my life no longer belongs to me because...you are always me.
giving generosity facts
Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.
men nausea doe
I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
judging judgement define-you
your judgement judges you and defines you
suicide men attention
The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either. He stares at death with passionate attention and this fascination liberates him. He experiences the “divine irresponsibility” of the condemned man.
opposites ideas want
I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite.