Tag: Jean-Paul Sartre

  • Gifts for Mankind. Existentialism from Jean-Paul Sartre.

    Gifts for Mankind. Existentialism from Jean-Paul Sartre.

    Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of Existentialism. After WW2, he became a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has also influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory and literary studies. To this day, his influence in these disciplines continues. Sartre was also noted for his open relationship with Simone de Beauvoir…

  • Venus at her Philosophical Best.  Simone de Beauvoir.

    Venus at her Philosophical Best. Simone de Beauvoir.

    Venus is known as the goddess of aesthetics and, in the case of Simone de Beauvoir, of the beauty of thought: philosophy. This French writer and philosopher involved in Existentialism, is known primarily for The Second Sex, a scholarly and passionate plea for the abolition of the oppression of the feminine, of Venus in thought and action.…