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Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre

“So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.”

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, writer, and playwright, born on June 21, 1905, and died on April 15, 1980. He is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, renowned for his existentialist philosophy. Sartre's works spanned across philosophy, literature, and drama, and had a profound impact on later generations. more

“We will freedom for freedom’s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom of others and that the freedom of others depends upon our own. Obviously, freedom as the definition of a man does not depend upon others, but as soon as there is a commitment, I am obliged to will the liberty of others at the same time as my own. I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of others equally my aim.”

Men Doe My Own Liberty Particular Willing Depends Circumstances Commitment Aim Sake Definitions Obliged

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.”

Thinking Ends Refuse Tranquility Life Death Hamper No Exit

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“When you live alone you no longer know what it is to tell a story: the plausible disappears at the same time as the friends. You let events flow by too: you suddenly see people appear who speak and then go away; you plunge into stories of which you can't make head or tail: you'd make a terrible witness.”

People Knows Stories Speak Events Terrible Flow Disappear Witness Going Away Tails Plunge Plausible Heads Or Tails

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Lord, you have cursed Cain and Cain’s children: thy will be done. You have allowed men’s hearts to be corrupted, that their intentions be rotten, that their actions putrefy and stink: thy will be done.”

Men Heart Children Done Action Lord Intention Rotten Cursed Stink Cain Thy Will Be Done

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre