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
agony acting
Acting is happy agony.
mirrors people no-friends
People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?
heart men light
Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
would-be ifs
I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's.
two people deep-thought
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck.
mean men essence
What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself. If man, as the existentialist conceives him, is indefinable, it is because at first he is nothing. Only afterward will he be something, and he himself will have made what he will be.
honesty integrity character
It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.
way existentialism wonder
Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.
simple sometimes truth-is
Sometimes the truth is too simple for intellectuals.
love children men
When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.
summer june lovely
To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June
philosophical soul needs
I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.
thinking self facts
One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartes’ argument “I think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity.
inspirational life philosophical
Life begins on the other side of despair.