Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
Citations
Sartre, Jean-Paul. Being and Nothingness. Translated by Hazel E. Barnes, Philosophical Library, 1956.
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See Heraclitus {436440} for the ancient Greek exposition of this idea.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has also influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies, and continues to influence these disciplines.