Happy birthday to Jean-Paul Sartre, born on this in 1905! This French philosopher and writer was an
Happy birthday to Jean-Paul Sartre, born on this in 1905! This French philosopher and writer was an influential thinker of existentialism. He wrote prolifically on the concepts of being and free will. He was also noted for his long term relationship with feminist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Though Sartre was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, he declined the award, saying, “a writer’s accepting such an honour would be to associate his personal commitments with the awarding institution, and that, above all, a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.”(images from Sartre’s The Devil and the Good Lord (PQ2637 .A82 D53) and The Words (PQ2637 .A82 Z513) and Justus Streller’s To Freedom Condemned (B2430 .S34 S83)) -- source link
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