Jean-Paul Sartre
Answer for what you make of your situation.
A philosopher, novelist and playwright, Sartre examines consciousness reaching toward possibilities without leaving the historical world. From bad faith to collective struggle, his work investigates responsibility and the limits of freedom.
How can you transform a situation you did not choose?
Biography
A philosopher, novelist and playwright, Sartre examines consciousness reaching toward possibilities without leaving the historical world. From bad faith to collective struggle, his work investigates responsibility and the limits of freedom.
02 /Philosophy
No predefined human nature determines our projects completely. Actions define us within situations without making us omnipotent.
03 /Reading guides
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
04 /Bibliography
Works, testimonies and further readings are distinguished. Dates refer to composition or first publication, as specified in each entry.
A first reading.
Choosing without a recipe
Read the existentialism lecture by distinguishing freedom, situation and justification.
Existentialism Is a HumanismRecognizing bad faith
Examine an ontological concept through scenes from Being and Nothingness.
Being and NothingnessFrom gathering to collective action
Follow the movement from series to group in Critique of Dialectical Reason.
Critique of Dialectical Reason I