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The article offers a description of the death of French existentialist philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre in 1980. Feminist Simone de Beauvoir, whom Sartre had a relationship with, had predicted that he would never be out of her life. Sartre's body was taken on April 19 to the Cimetière montparnasse, and the funeral procession was followed by a crowd of thousands of people. Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing described Sartre as a great light of the mind.

This article discusses the representation of the idea of mutual bad faith in the play "Huis Clos" written by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The article looks at the play's characters showed the idea. It also relates the idea to the work of German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.

The article focuses on the novel "La Nausée," by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The novel was a success and Sartre himself considered it as the best from a literary point of view. The central character of the novel was Antoine Roquentin, who discovers that there is no reason for anything to exist at all. Sartre argued in the novel that there is no God due to the lack of good reason for the world and all there is in it to exist.

The article offers a look at the early years of French existentialist philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. He was born in Paris, France on June 21, 1905. His being a Protestant is cited as the reason for his sense of being an outsider in a largely Catholic France. It is noted that his maternal grandfather Charles Schweitzer was uncle to the famous scholar and musician Johann Sebastian Bach.

This article explores the relationship between 20th century French philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. According to the article, Sartre and Beauvoir lived together in the same apartment or even in the same hotel. It notes that the association of Sartre with the feminist did not seem to affect his male chauvinism. It also finds that Beauvoir's book "The Second Sex" does express a number of ideas found in the work of Sartre.

This article presents the views of 20th century French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre on the experience of war. The article highlights the change of attitude of Sartre on war. It attributes the change to his crucial experience in the Second World War as a prisoner of war. It adds that Sartre believed that society is divided into classes and it is a conflict between the classes which is the motive force in human history.

The article discusses the views of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre regarding political commitment in the context of his book "What Is Literature?". He pointed out that the writer is responsible for the impact which his books might make, as well as the social and political events of his lifetime which might have nothing to do with him. He accused novelists Gustave Flaubert, Edmond Goncourt and Jules Goncourt for the killing of 20,000 Parisians by French government troops after the failure of the revolutionary Commune of 1871.

The article discusses the defence given by French existentialist philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre to a series of newspapers put out by left-wing extremists in Paris, France in 1970. He wrote in the "La Cause du peuple" that revolutionary violence for the Maoists is immediately and profound moral. He showed his support to the most violently revolutionary in France and he wrote his fourth essay in existential psychoanalysis. He published the first part of his book on novelist Gustave Flaubert in 1971 under the title "The Family Idiot."

The article discusses the experience of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in supporting the student rebellion in Paris, France in May 1968. In the pamphlet "The Communists Are Afraid of the Revolution, he accused the French Communist Party of betraying the hope which the students had created of a new revolution. According to the article, Sartre's politics became increasingly radical after the defeat of the 1968 student rebellion.

The article discusses how Franz von Gerlach, like his other speeches, addressed to the future the "tribunal of crabs" envisaged as being the only creatures left alive in the 30th century. In this regard, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wants to show that Franz's self-justification parallels the attitude of those who support France's attempt to keep Algeria.

This article discusses the exploration of the theme of "theyness" by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in his play "Huis Clos." The article notes that the theme was written in response to a request by three actors. It also describes the representation of the three characters in the play.

This article looks at the influence of philosopher Martin Heidegger on the philosophical treatise "Being and Nothingness" written by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The article highlights the use of the term "nothingness," which derives from Heidegger's work "Das Nichts." It also cites the idea that "being" is objectless.

This article discusses the representation of change and inauthentic being in the philosophical treatise "Being and Nothingness" written by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The article highlights the representation of a cafe waiter who is so ill-assured of his own identity that he plays at being a cafe waiter. It also reflects on the gestures of the waiter.

This article discusses the representation of the character of Orestes in the play "The Flies," written by 20th century French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. According to the article, when Orestes refused to feel remorse for avenging the murder of his father, King Agamemnon, he became a hero of the Resistance movement. It also indicates the reaction of critics to the ending of the play.

This article presents the views of 20th century French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre on the Jewish question. The article focuses on the opinion of Sartre on anti-Semitic legislation passed in France. It notes that Sartre's views on the emotions seem more convincing when applied to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism than as a more general account of phenomena as complex as anxiety, grief, happiness, jealousy, joy, sadness, satisfaction, or the love of children.

The article discusses the views of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre on emotions. It is noted that the idea that the mind is always in command of the body is a constant theme in the thought of Sartre. Sartre argues that emotions are forms of behavior which human beings deliberately choose to adopt, rather than being blind forces which overwhelm human beings by their violence.

The article focuses on the greater influence of the mind and not the body on human beings. In his story entitled "Intimité," Sartre describes the mind's influence on human beings by the plan of the central character to go off with her lover. Sartre argues that a decision to go off with her love is purely to flatter her vanity.

The article describes the manner in which an individual is relieved of freedom in the story entitled "Intimité," by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The central character of the story was a Parisian shop assistant called Lucienne Crispin, who was pulled by her husband in one direction and by her friend Henriette in the other. It is noted that the central character's reaction reflects a situation in which an individual makes somebody else take her decision for her.

The article focuses on the idea of bad faith by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The idea can be found in the collection of five short stories entitled "Le Mur," which immediately followed "Nausea." The idea was explored in the story entitled "Intimité." The central character of the story was a Parisian shop assistant called Lucienne Crispin.

The article discusses the proof of freedom as depicted in the essay entitled "What is Literature?," by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. He argued that humans were programmed like a computer to react to each individual stimulus that each isolated printed word hand on them. He added that humans would only be able to understand what is going on in a text with the ability to put a distance between humans and their immediate experience.

The article discusses the central role played by the idea that there is no God in the work of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. He mentioned Christ in his work as a political agitator executed by the Romans, which reflects his total indifference to Christianity. He argued that the only type of economic organization desirable in the modern world is some form of socialism.

The article focuses on the friends and acquaintances of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. He became a close friend of journalist and novelist Paul Nizan at the lyceé and the École Normale Supérieure. Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir caused great scandal among the parents of their pupils due to the fact that they lived together without being married.

The article focuses on the military service of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre was called up at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 despite the fact that he was virtually blind in his left eye. He was taken prisoner in the summer of 1940 by Nazi Germany. He was sent back to France in August 1941 on the grounds that he was a civilian.

The article discusses the stages that highlight the popularity of existentialist philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre in France. He signalled the hopes of the Resistance movement in the mid-1940s, and he reflected the debates about Communism at the end of the 1940s and in the 1950s. Sartre continued to represent the attempt to overthrow capitalism and the bourgeois state in the 1970s, which he saw as the fundamental inspiration for May 1968.

The article offers a comparison between existentialist philosopher and novelist Jean-Paul Sartre and writer Gustave Flaubert in the context of writing as a revolutionary activity in France. Both men were said to express the conflicts of their class in turning to literature. However, it was noted that Flaubert did not fully realize what he was doing, while Sartre had greater awareness that his aim was to contribute to the destruction of bourgeois civilization.

The article discusses the philosophical vision of existentialism by French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. In a lecture he delivered in 1946, he argued that existentialism is a humanism. He added that existentialism is the attempt to draw all the conclusions from a position of total atheism.

This article deals with the problem of someone who is trying to be a pour-soi and an en-soi in the philosophical argument presented by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in his book "Being and Nothingness. The article questions how Sartre compared the way in which both oneself and other people actually behave. It also raises the problem about doing and being.

This article gives an overview of the philosophical treatise "Being and Nothingness" written by 20th century French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The article highlights the development of the view on liberty by the philosophical argument put forward by the treatise. It also notes the presentation of freedom by Sartre as the feature of human experience.

This article gives an overview of the play "The Fllies," by 20th century French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre produced in Paris. The play is based upon the legend of Orestes, the son of the Greek king Agamemnon, who returns to Argos to avenge his father's murder. Orestes not only killed usurper Aigisthos but also his own mother Clytemnestra, who had actually murdered Agamemnon.

This article identifies the purpose of 20th century French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre in "The Flies," a play about Orestes who avenged the murder of his father, King Agamemnon. The article notes that the play enabled Orestes to become an emblematic figure for the Resistance movement. It claims that Sartre aimed to give France back the freedom taken by the alliance between the Nazis and the Vichy regime.

This article provides the views of 20th century French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre on a social philosophy of political activism and a deep metaphysical despair. According to the article, French writer Albert Camus also showed the apparent contradiction between the two concepts. It notes that both Sartre and Camus expressed the essential dilemma of post-War Europe.

The article focuses on the reluctance of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre to use metaphors taken from the natural world in his work. It is noted that he is essentially the town-dweller's rather than the countryman's writer. However, a passage in his 1946 lecture entitled "Existentialism is a Humanism" used the natural world to express an idea.

The article discusses the views of French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre on essence and existence. He argues that only human beings make choices, which make their existence preceded by their essence. It is noted that such an idea offers a more positive counterpoint to the metaphysical despair which informs his novel "Nausea."