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Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society.
Nov 16, 2004 · Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) was a philosopher, drama critic, playwright and musician. He converted to Catholicism in 1929 and his philosophy was later described as “Christian Existentialism” (most famously in Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Existentialism is a Humanism”) a term he initially endorsed but later repudiated.
Mar 25, 2024 · Gabriel Marcel (born December 7, 1889, Paris, France—died October 8, 1973, Paris) was a French philosopher, dramatist, and critic who was associated with the phenomenological and existentialist movements in 20th-century European philosophy.
Gabriel Marcel (1889—1973) The philosophical approach known as existentialism is commonly recognized for its view that life’s experiences and interactions are meaningless. Many existentialist thinkers are led to conclude that life is only something to be tolerated, and that close or intimate relationships with others should be avoided.
Existential philosophy is fascinating in its general approach to this difficulty, and Marcel developed one of the most effective ways of responding to it. Marcel appealed in several places to the example of fidelity to illustrate the key point. Human beings have a fundamental understanding of fidelity not through conceptual analysis but through ...
Gabriel Marcel, (born Dec. 7, 1889, Paris, France—died Oct. 8, 1973, Paris), French philosopher, dramatist, and critic. His philosophical works explore aspects of human existence (e.g., trust, fidelity, hope, and despair) which had traditionally been dismissed as unamenable to philosophical consideration.
May 14, 2018 · French philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973) described man's place in the world in terms of such fundamental human experiences as relationships, love, fidelity, hope, and faith. His brand of existentialism was said to be largely unknown in the English-speaking world, where it was mistakenly associated with that of Jean-Paul Sartre.
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