Jean-Paul Sartre





Jean-Paul Sartre

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born
June 21, 1905 in Paris, France

died
April 15, 1980

gender
male

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influences


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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher and pioneer, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist and critic. He was a leading figure in 20th century French philosophy.

He declined the award of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age."

In the years around the time of his death, however, existentialism declined in French philosophy and was overtaken by structuralism, represented by Levi-Strauss and, one of Sartre's detractors, Michel Foucault.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 57,731 ratings · 2,530 reviews · 286 distinct works
Nausea
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 15,216 ratings — published 1938 — 82 editions
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 9,254 ratings — published 1949 — 8 editions
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Being and Nothingness
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 5,361 ratings — published 1943 — 37 editions
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Existentialism is a Humanism
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,090 ratings — published 1946 — 27 editions
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The Wall
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 3,666 ratings — published 1939 — 43 editions
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The Age of Reason
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 2,851 ratings — published 1945 — 29 editions
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No Exit
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Huis Clos, suivi de Les Mou...
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1947 — 12 editions
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,465 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions
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The Words
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 1,328 ratings — published 1963 — 43 editions
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The Age of Reason The Reprieve Iron in the Soul
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“Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.”
Jean-Paul Sartre

“Hell is—other people!”
Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
Jean-Paul Sartre

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