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In a reversal of Descartes’ ‘I think, therefore I am,’ Sartre argues, in effect, ‘I am nothing, therefore I am free.’
Sarah Bakewell • At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
That’s where Sartre’s quote comes in—possibly ... See more
Peter Spear • Zach Lamb on Meaning & Crisis
D’ailleurs, si Jean-Paul Sartre avait voulu être plus précis, peut-être aurait-il pu écrire : « L’enfer, c’est soi-même lorsqu’on se laisse pourrir la santé mentale par ce qu’on imagine que les autres pensent de soi. » Mais c’était un peu long.
Guillaume MEURICE • Petit éloge de la médiocrité (French Edition)
It is difficult enough to think of oneself as free at all, but Sartre goes further by saying that I am literally nothing beyond what I decide to be. To realise the extent of my freedom is to be plunged into what both Heidegger and Kierkegaard called ‘anxiety’ — Angst or, in French, angoisse.
Sarah Bakewell • At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
Dans L’Être et le Néant, nous avons un long examen de la liberté humaine, précisément élaboré sur la base d’une vision simple. Sartre prétend que la liberté nous terrifie, mais nous ne pouvons y échapper, parce que nous sommes elle.