People who live in society have learned to see themselves i… - Jean-Paul Sartre

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People who live in society have learned to see themselves in mirrors as they appear to their friends. Is that why my flesh is naked? You might say - yes you might say, nature without humanity… Things are bad! Things are very bad: I have it, the filth, the Nausea.

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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Pen Names: Jacques Guillemin

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

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Thing are bad! Things are very bad: I have it, the filth, the Nausea.

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