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Jean-Paul Sartre

By Michael Alan Prestwood

Wed 10 Apr 2024
Published 2 years ago.
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Jean-Paul Sartre

born 1905
1905-1980
5 Generations Ago

30 Phil, Chapter 31: Sartre and Existentialism
Jean-Paul Sartre arrived in the Material World on June 21, 1905. Born in Paris to a modest family. Sartre, the chain-smoking existentialist who frequented Parisian cafes, is most remembered as an activist writer and for his idea of “bad faith.” 

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