Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartrewas a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 June 1905
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
Jean-Paul Sartre quotes about
love children men
When we love animals and children too much, we love them at the expense of men.
sake authenticity ifs
If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.
imagination existential realizing
Imagination is not an empirical or superadded power of consciousness, it is the whole of consciousness as it realizes its freedom.
our-actions way responsible
Once we know and are aware, we are responsible for our action and our inaction. We can do something about it or ignore it. Either way, we are still responsible.
music hands giving
For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions.
judgement may existence
Therefore, in the nature of this will for freedom, which freedom itself implies, I may pass judgement on those who seek to hide from themselves the complete arbitrariness and the complete freedom of their existence.
imagine
Because we can imagine, we are free.
powerful inspire powerful-god
All-powerful god, who am I but the fear that I inspire in others?
mirrors wonder feels
When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.
running men running-away
Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.
ideas giving photograph
Photographs are not ideas. They give us ideas.
attitude philosophy views
Philosophy appears to some people as a homogenous milieu: there thoughts are born and die, there systems are built, and there, in turn, they collapse. Others take Philosophy for a specific attitude which we can freely adopt at will. Still others see it as a determined segment of culture. In our view Philosophy does not exist.
dog moving men
For the time being I have seen enough of living things, of dogs, of men, of all flabby masses which move spontaneously.
philosophy doe helping
Philosophy which does not help to illuminate the process of the liberation of the oppressed should be rejected.