Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Honoré Marcelwas a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term 'Philosophy of Existence' to define his own thought. The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth7 December 1889
CountryFrance
Gabriel Marcel quotes about
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.