Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, as well as a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies, and continues to do so. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre's introduction to his philosophy is his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est …
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Zhan-Pol Sartër, Ժան Պոլ Սարտր, Sartrs, J.P. Sartre, ז'ן פול סרטר, Paul Sartre, Ioannes Paulus Sartre, Zhan-Pol Sarter, Zan Pol Sart, ژانپل سارتر, Jan-Bul Sartar, ዥን-ፖል ሳትራ, ジャン＝ポール・サルトル, Sa-tʻe, ज्यां-पाल सार्त्र, Zhan-Polʹ Sartr, Ğūn Būl Sārtir, ਜ਼ਾਂ ਪਾਲ ਸਾਰਤਰ, Zhān-Pūl Sārtar, ג׳אן פון סארטר, Žans Puolės Sartros, Jacques Guillemin, Ḻāṉ-Pōl Cārttar, Жан-Пол Сартр, זשאן-פאל סארטרע, Sartre, Žān Pul Sārtir, Jan Pol Sartr, جان بول سارتر،, Sarutoru, ಜೀನ್ ಪಾಲ್ ಸರ್ಟೆ, Жан-Поль Сартp, Ǧān Būl Sārtr, ژان پۆڵ سارتەر, ஜான் பவுல் சாட்டர், ژان-پل سارتر, Sa te, Shate, Sa-t'e, Сартр, Chō̜ng-Pō̜n Sāt, Жан Поль Сартр, J.-P Sartre, ז׳אן פול סארטר, Rang.Baoluo Sate, L̲ān̲-Pōl Cārttar, Žans Pols Sartrs, 장폴사르트르, Ǧān Pūl Sārtir, Jean P. Sartre, جان-بول سارتر،, ჟან-პოლ სარტრი, سارتر، جان پول, Żan Polʹ Sartr, ฌ็อง-ปอล ซาทร์, Жан-Поль Сартр, Zhan-Pul Sartar, 让-保罗·萨特, Zhan-Pol Sartŭr, 沙特, Jyām̐ Pāla Sārtra, 萨特, ژان پل سارتر, 薩特, 让.保罗 萨特, ג׳אן פול סארטר, Rangbao’er Sate, Jean Paul Sartre, Sha-t'e, జీన్ పాల్ సార్ట్రే, Žanas Polis Sartras, Jean-Paul Satre, Sha-tʻe, J.-P. Sartre, Žan-Pol Sartr, J. P サルトル, Rangbao'er Sate, Ǧān Būl Sārtar, Žan Pol Sartr, Zhan-Pol' Sartr, J. P. Sartre, Jean-Paul Sarte, Jang-Pao-erth Sa-t'e, ז׳אן־פול סארטר, Zjan Pol Sartr, ယန်းပေါလ်ဆတ်, Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre, سارتر، جان پول،, Zhan-Pol Sartur, جان بول سارتر, Sate, ഷാൺ-പോൾ സാർത്ര്, ژاں پال سارتر, Jang-Pao-erh Sa-tʻe, ז'אן-פול סארטר, ژان پول سارتر, জঁ-পল সার্ত্র্, Ζαν-Πωλ Σαρτρ, G'on Pol Sarṭr, Ж.-П Сартр, Chong-Pon Sat, G'on Pol Sartr, जां-पल सारत्रे, Jān-Būl Sārtar, Ch̜̄ong-P̜̄on Sāt, ジャン・ポール サルトル - Born:
- June 21, 1905
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- April 15, 1980
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Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, as well as a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies, and continues to do so. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution."Sartre held an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre's introduction to his philosophy is his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946), originally presented as a lecture.
