In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering ther...

In a word, man must create his own essence: it is in throwing himself into the world, suffering there, struggling there, that he gradually defines himself.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic

June 21st, 1905 - April 15th, 1980

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