Jean-Paul Sartre

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Biography : French philosopher, playwright and novelist.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

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Jean-Paul Sartre - Quotes

when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
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Existence precedes essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

I can take my freedom as a goal only if I take the freedom of others as a goal as well.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

There is no sense in life a priori. Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the value of it is nothing else but the sense that you choose.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

In one sense choice is possible, but what is not possible is not to choose. I can always choose, but I must know that if I do not choose, that is still a choice.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

to choose

Man is condemned to be free.
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Man will be what he will have planned to be.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing less than his life.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

To choose an adviser is nevertheless to commit oneself by that choice.
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to choose