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  1. Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (/ ˈ s ɑːr t r ə /, US also / ˈ s ɑːr t /; French:; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.

  2. Mar 26, 2022 · Few philosophers have been as famous in their own life-time as Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80). Many thousands of Parisians packed into his public lecture, Existentialism is a Humanism, towards the end of 1945 and the culmination of World War 2.

  3. Apr 11, 2024 · Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher, novelist, and playwright, best known as the leading exponent of existentialism in the 20th century. In 1964 he declined the Nobel Prize for Literature. Learn more about Sartre’s life, works, and philosophy in this article.

  4. Aug 9, 2023 · Born on June 21, 1905, in Paris, France, Jean-Paul Sartre was a pioneering intellectual and proponent of existentialism who championed leftist causes in France and other countries.

  5. Dec 4, 2023 · Jean-Paul Sartre’s strong political beliefs, ever-evolving as they were, and his need to be in the public eye, contribute to his long shadow. Sartre was largely responsible for the “trendy” nature of existentialism — the lingering images of men and…

  6. Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980) born in Paris in 1905, studied at the École Normale Supérieure from 1924 to 1929 and became Professor of Philosophy at Le Havre in 1931. With the help of a stipend from the Institut Français he studied in Berlin (1932) the philosophies of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. After further teaching at Le Havre ...

  7. The best way to make sense of it is to use Joseph S. Catalono’s excellent A Commentary on Jean-Paul Sartres Being and Nothingness (University of Chicago Press, 1974) as a guide to the main themes.

  8. Apr 22, 2004 · Sartre (1905-1980) is arguably the best known philosopher of the twentieth century. His indefatigable pursuit of philosophical reflection, literary creativity and, in the second half of his life, active political commitment gained him worldwide renown, if not an admiration. He is commonly considered the father of Existentialist philosophy ...

  9. Jean-Paul Sartre. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964. Born: 21 June 1905, Paris, France. Died: 15 April 1980, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: France.

  10. Communication. I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence. Jean-Paul Sartre: What is Literature? Freedom and Liberty. Man is condemned to be free. Jean-Paul Sartre: Existentialism and Humanism. Heaven, Hell, and the Hereafter. Hell is other people. Jean-Paul Sartre: No Exit. Thought. My thought is me: that's why I can't stop.

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