Birth and Life
Jean-Paul Sartre
philosopher, writer
Date of birth |
21. 6. 1905 |
Country of birth |
France |
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Work, awards, recognitions, ...
Nobel Prize in literature in 1964
Death
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Summary from Wikipedia
Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943).[6 ...
Author of contribution: Janez, published 20. 10. 2015