Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre Download Open image ““L'existence précède l'essence”” — Jean-Paul Sartre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
What is meant here by saying that existence precedes essence? It means first of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and,… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Being without cause, purpose without effect, none can fathom the intent of essence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is only after that we understand what has come before, then we understand nothing. Thus we shall define the soul as follows: that… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
Each human needs to find his or her timeless and formless essence identity — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence. — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“she has suddenly emptied herself of me, and all other consciousness in the world has also emptied itself of me. It seems funny. Yet… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
[Stéphane Mallarmé] theory of the hermetic is a mistake, but he can be only difficult to read when he has difficult things to say. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“She smiled. First I lost the memory of her eyes, then the memory of her long body. I kept her smile as long as… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
This is what I thought: for the most banal even to become an adventure, you must (and this is enough) begin to recount it.… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“I am free: there is absolutely no more reason for living, all the ones I have tried have given way and I can’t imagine… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“If I am not mistaken, if all the signs which have been amassed are precursors of a new overthrow in my life, well then… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image