Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. · Jean-Paul Sartre

I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

1905-06-21 — 1980-04-15 · Paris

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, writer, playwright, and literary critic, a central figure of atheistic existentialism. His vast and multifaceted work explores human freedom, individual responsibility, bad faith, and social commitment. Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize in Literature, advocating for a stance of refusal of bourgeois institutions. His thought profoundly influenced 20th-century philosophy, literature, and political debate, marking a generation with his emphasis on autonomy and the need for intervention in the world.

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1964

Nobel de Literatura

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to authors who have produced outstanding works in the field of literature, with an ideal geared towards humanity.