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Existentialism is a Humanism
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"Existentialism is a Humanism" Quotes

In "Existentialism is a Humanism," Jean-Paul Sartre argues for the importance of individual freedom and responsibility in creating meaning in a seemingly indifferent world.

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Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.

Jean-Paul Sartre

meaning of life

We are left alone, without excuse.

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responsibilityisolation

To choose is also to affirm the value of what we choose.

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Man is a being whose existence precedes its essence.

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philosophyhuman nature

A man who belongs to no community is not a man at all.

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communitybelonging

In love, one and one are one.

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loveunity

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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perspectiveresilience

We are never more free than when we are in a state of crisis.

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To believe is to know that we believe, and to know that we believe is not to believe.

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