Quote of Jean-Paul Sartre - We do not do what we...
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
We do not do what we want and nonetheless we are responsible for what we are.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes for: to will
The kind of happiness I want consists, not so much in doing what I wish, as in not doing what I don't wish.
We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to comes.
Quotes for "to be" or about being:
Quotes for: responsibility
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.
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
Jean-Paul Sartre also said...
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