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Jean-Paul Sartre

Quote of Jean-Paul Sartre - Man is nothing else than his...


Biography - Jean-Paul Sartre:

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

Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing less than his life.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
L'homme n'est rien d'autre que son projet. Il n'existe que dans la mesure où il se réalise, il n'est donc rien d'autres que l'ensemble de ses actes, rien d'autres que sa vie.

German
Der Mensch ist nichts anderes als sein Entwurf, er existiert nur in dem Maße, in dem er sich verwirklicht, er ist also nichts anderes als die Gesamtheit seiner Handlungen, nichts anderes als sein Leben.




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Man is nothing but the series of his acts.




Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.











Quotes for: project


Quotes

Quotes for: project


Man will be what he will have planned to be.





It is desire that creates the desirable, it is the project that poses the end.







Quotes for: existence


Quotes

Quotes about existence:


To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.





The universe confounds me! I cannot imagine that such a ‘clock’ can exist without there being a Clockmaker.





Existence precedes essence.





It is valid to conclude from actuality to possibility, but not from possibility to actuality.
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My happiness should justify existence itself!





There are moments in life when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence immeasurably increased.











Quotes

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.





Each man must invent his own path.





Existence precedes essence.





I was allowed free run of the library and I stormed human wisdom.





The Other is on principle inapprehensible; he flees me when I seek him and possesses me when I flee him.





I can take my freedom as a goal only if I take the freedom of others as a goal as well.












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