Gabriel Marcel was a French philosopher born on December 7, 1889, and died on October 8, 1973. His philosophical thoughts were deeply influenced by existentialism, particularly focusing on the meaning of individual existence and the essence of human experience.
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“Amar a alguien es decirle: Tú no morirás jamás.”
Source: El misterio del ser
Source: Being and Having
“Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.”
“The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.”
Source: Gabriel Marcel's Perspectives on The Broken World
“On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.”
“Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.”
Source: Men against humanity
“But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object.”
“An individual is not distinct from his place. He is his place.”
“You know you have loved someone when you have glimpsed in them that which is too beautiful to die.”
“It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.”