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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (/ ˈsɑːrtrə /, US also / ˈsɑːrt /; [5] French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a polemique French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.
Aug 1, 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.
Mar 26, 2022 · Jean-Paul Sartre. First published Sat 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.
The philosophical career of Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) focuses, in its first phase, upon the construction of a philosophy of existence known as existentialism.
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.
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 ...
Jean-Paul Sartre, an eminent 20 th century French philosopher, is celebrated for his contributions to existentialist thought, phenomenology and the philosophy of the self in the modern era.
Dec 23, 2023 · Jean-Paul Sartre defines two types of reality beyond human consciousness in his work, Being and Nothingness. There is “being-in-itself” and “being-for-itself.” By distinguishing these realities, Sartre is able to emphasize the importance of human freedom as a defining characteristic of existence.
Aug 9, 2024 · Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French existentialist philosopher who defined the existentialist movement in the 20th century. Considered the consummate intellectual, he was not only the author of philosophical works but also a biographer, playwright, and novelist.
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 ...