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Jean-Paul Sartre


Born
in Paris, France
June 21, 1905

Died
April 15, 1980

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Influences


Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."
Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre's introduction to his philosophy is his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946), originally presented as a lecture. ...more

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👁 Nausea
3.93 avg rating — 142,072 ratings — published 1938 — 449 editions
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👁 No Exit
4.11 avg rating — 47,507 ratings — published 1944 — 138 editions
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👁 Existentialism is a Humanism
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3.98 avg rating — 47,555 ratings — published 1946 — 24 editions
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👁 Being and Nothingness
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3.99 avg rating — 35,391 ratings — published 1943 — 24 editions
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👁 No Exit and Three Other Plays
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4.09 avg rating — 30,171 ratings — published 1947 — 29 editions
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👁 The Wall
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4.07 avg rating — 27,314 ratings — published 1939 — 11 editions
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👁 The Age of Reason (Roads to...
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3.99 avg rating — 16,256 ratings — published 1945 — 10 editions
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👁 Huis clos: suivi de Les Mou...
4.04 avg rating — 15,234 ratings — published 1946 — 79 editions
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👁 The Words: The Autobiograph...
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3.73 avg rating — 10,456 ratings — published 1963 — 227 editions
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👁 Les Mains sales
3.98 avg rating — 6,777 ratings — published 1946 — 26 editions
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“If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

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