Jean-Paul Sartre

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I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

Being and Nothingness

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Hell is other people.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic

Hell Misanthropy

Speaker

Garcin

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

No Exit

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Huis-clos [No Exit]. May 1944, Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Sarte, Jean Paul. "No Exit." No Exit and Three Other Plays. Vintage, 1989, act 1, sc. 5.

Human life begins on the far side of despair.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Meaninglessness of life Hopelessness and despair

Speaker

Orestes

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

The Flies

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Les Mouches [The Flies]. 3 June 1943, Théâtre de la Cité, Paris, France, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Flies." No Exit and Three Other Plays, translated by Stuart Gilbert. Vintage, 1989, act 3, sc. 2.

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic

War Rich vs. poor

Speaker

Nasti

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

The Devil and the Good Lord

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Le Diable et le be Dieu [The Devil and the Good Lord]. Directed by Louis Jouvet. 7 June 1951, Théâtre Antoine, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Devil & the Good Lord." The Devil & the Good Lord and Two Other Plays, translated by Kitty Black. Vintage, 1962.

Man, being condemned to be free carries the weight of the whole world on his shoulders; he is responsible for the world and himself as a way of being.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom Personal responsibility

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

Being and Nothingness

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Words…are loaded pistols.

Jean-Paul Sartre

What is Literature?

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Topic

Power of words

Speaker

Brice Parain

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

What is Literature?

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Qu'est-ce que la littérature? [What is Literature?]. Situations, II. Gallimard, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. What is Literature? Routledge, 2001, ch. 1.