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
confuse dreamers truth
Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
choice condemned free
I am condemned to freedom. I am not free because I can make choices, but because I must make them, all the time, even when I think I have no choice to make.
french-philosopher illusion life loose meaning moment
Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.
inevitable
Perhaps its inevitable, perhaps one has to choose between being nothing at all and impersonating what one is.
fake-people hate judging
I hate victims who respect their executioners.
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.
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.
humility institutions refuse
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
human-nature introspection
Introspection is always retrospection
kings men soul
Aegistheus, the kings have another secret.... Once liberty has exploded in the soul of a man, the Gods can do nothing against that man. It is a matter for men to handle amongst themselves, and it is up to other men and to them alone to let him flee or to destroy him.
subjectivity humans universe
Il n'y a pas d'autre univers qu'un univers humain, l'univers de la subjectivite humaine. There is no other universe except the human universe, the universe of human subjectivity.
assassins revolutionary good-enough
Intellectuals cannot be good revolutionaries; they are just good enough to be assassins.
mistake people together
Criminals together. We're in hell, my little friend, and there's never any mistake there. People are not damned for nothing.
possibility advantage can-do
All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.