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Thinker · 1905–1980

Jean-Paul Sartre

Declared existence precedes essence — we are what we do. Refused the Nobel. Smoked, drank, theorized freedom while loving Simone de Beauvoir and many others.

Contributions
  • Existential freedom & bad faith
  • Being and Nothingness
Words that traveled
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Man is condemned to be free.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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Hell is other people.
— Jean-Paul Sartre