Quote by Jostein Gaarder Download Open image ““Existence takes priority over essence.”” — Jostein Gaarder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 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
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
“Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“If I do not bring all of who I am to whatever I do, then I bring nothing, or nothing of lasting worth, for… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on what… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
The sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government. Both conventions and local laws in the… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Where did the world come from? The question has an answer, even though I cannot get to it. It is a good question. It… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“As soon as she concentrated on being alive now, the thought of dying also came into her mind.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Po haljini sam mogao da vidim kako njeno telo diše, jer se haljina dizala i spuštala, dizala i spuštala, skoro kao da morski talasi… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy. — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“The German poet Goethe once said that "he who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth." I don't want… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Sophie left the den and wandered about in the large garden. She tried to forget what she had learned at school, especially in science… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
