One can't love humanity. One can only love people.

Graham Greene

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Topic

Loving others

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Ministry of Fear

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Ministry of Fear. William Heinemann, 1943, bk. 3, ch. 2.

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

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Topic
Liberation

Author

Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Blood of Others
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Wish
Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Sang des autres [The Blood of Others]. Gallimard, 1945, ch. 5.

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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.