Quote of Jean-Paul Sartre: Man is, before all else, something...
Biography - Jean-Paul Sartre:
French philosopher, playwright and novelist.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Man is, before all else, something which propels itself towards a future and is aware that it is doing so.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about the future:
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Quotes for: project
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.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
Quotes for: consciousness
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.
Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.
Jean-Paul Sartre also said...
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