his judgment went through me like a sword and questioned my… - Jean-Paul Sartre

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his judgment went through me like a sword and questioned my very right to exist. And it was true, I had always realized it; I hadn't the right to exist.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist, and critic. He had an enduring personal relationship with fellow philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.

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Alternative Names: Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre • Jean Paul Sartre • J.P. Sartre • J.-P. Sartre • Sartre • Jacques Guillemin

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...man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world – and defines himself afterwards.

Вкрадчивая кровавая тяга к насилию подкрадывается ко мне сзади, она где то за ушами, уши волочатся следом за мной, рыжие волосы, они рыжеют на моей голове, влажная трава, рыжая трава – это что, тоже я?

With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.

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