Jean-Paul Sartre

Author profile

born

June 21, 1905 in Paris, France

died

April 15, 1980

gender

male

genre

Philosophy, Literature & Fiction, Politics

influences

Hegel, Marx, Dostoyevsky, Husserl, Heidegger

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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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Books by Jean-Paul Sartre

Average rating: 3.92 · 57,731 ratings · 2,530 reviews · 286 distinct works

	Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 15,216 ratings — published 1938 — 82 editions	My rating:
	No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.04 avg rating — 9,254 ratings — published 1949 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel Estella Barnes (translator), Mary Warnock (contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 5,361 ratings — published 1943 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre, Arlette Elkaim-Sartre (Preface), Annie Cohen-Solal (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 3,090 ratings — published 1946 — 27 editions	My rating:
	The Wall 3.96 avg rating — 3,666 ratings — published 1939 — 43 editions	My rating:
	The Age of Reason 3.88 avg rating — 2,851 ratings — published 1945 — 29 editions	My rating:
	No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean-Paul Sarte 4.07 avg rating — 2,780 ratings — published 1944 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Huis Clos, suivi de Les Mouches 4.02 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1947 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Existentialism and Human Emotions 3.79 avg rating — 1,465 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Words by Jean-Paul Sartre, Bernard Frechtman (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 1,328 ratings — published 1963 — 43 editions	My rating:

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Series by Jean-Paul Sartre

Les Chemins de la Liberté (3 books)
by Jean-Paul Sartre

3.88 avg rating — 3,594 ratings

Critique de la Raison dialectique (2 books)
by Jean-Paul Sartre, Arlette Elkaim-Sartre (Editor), Quintin Hoare (Translator), Alan Sheridan-Smith (Translator), Fredric Jameson (Introduction)

4.07 avg rating — 58 ratings

Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

“Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

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

tags: garcin , hell , people

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“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

tags: freedom , life , personal-responsibility

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