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
damage harm oneself
One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
party men practice
I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man's politics, for the living.
morning fifteen next
A human being who wakened in the morning with a queesy stomach, with fifteen hours to kill before next bedtime, had not much use for freedom.
mistake heart reason
Naturally, in the course of my life I have made lots of mistakes, large and small, for one reason or another, but at the heart of it all, every time I made a mistake it was because I was not radical enough.
existentialism human-nature there-is-no-god
There is no human nature, since there is no god to conceive it.
philosophical sixteen saint
One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.
philosophical umpires issues
What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me.
existentialism destruction appropriate
To eat is to appropriate by destruction.
peace war community
Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total... because it may well involve the whole world.
years purple oil
I grow warm, I begin to feel happy. There is nothing extraordinary in this, it is a small happiness of Nausea: it spreads at the bottom of the viscous puddle, at the bottom of out time - the time of purple suspenders, and broken chair seats; it is made of white, soft instants, spreading at the edge, like an oil stain. No sooner than born, it is already old, it seems as though I have known it for twenty years.
world appearance whole
The appearance of the other in the world corresponds therefore to a congealed sliding of the whole universe.
philosophical men resources
Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man's resources?
philosophical essence existence
Existence precedes and rules essence.
philosophical taken sunset
There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.