Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosopher

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Independent, original, analytical, and determined. Have an exceptional ability to turn theories into solid plans of action. Highly value knowledge, competence, and structure. Driven to derive meaning from their visions. Long-range thinkers. Have very high standards for their performance, and the performance of others. Natural leaders, but will follow if they trust existing leaders.

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Biography

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic.

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Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

Acting is happy agony.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

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