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Biography - Jean-Paul Sartre:

French philosopher, playwright and novelist.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

The Other is on principle inapprehensible; he flees me when I seek him and possesses me when I flee him.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Being and Nothingness


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Autrui est par principe l'insaisissable : il me fuit quand je le cherche et me possède quand je le fuis.
Jean-Paul Sartre - L'Être et le Néant

German
Der Andere ist grundsätzlich das Unfassbare; er flieht mich, wenn ich ihn suche, und besitzt mich, wenn ich ihn fliehe
Jean-Paul Sartre - Das Sein und das Nichts



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Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.
Gaston Bachelard - La Psychanalyse du feu / 





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.
André Gide / 





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll / 






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Jean-Paul Sartre also said...


when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism / 





Each man must invent his own path.
Jean-Paul Sartre - The Flies / 





Existence precedes essence.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism / 





I was allowed free run of the library and I stormed human wisdom.
Jean-Paul Sartre / 





I can take my freedom as a goal only if I take the freedom of others as a goal as well.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism / 





There is no sense in life a priori. Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the value of it is nothing else but the sense that you choose.
Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism / 







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