Jean-Paul Sartre - Biographical

Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980) born in Paris in 1905, studied at the cole or!ale Sup"rieure #ro! 19$% to 19$9 and beca!e Pro#essor o# Philosoph& at 'e (a)re in 19*1+ ,ith the help o# a stipend #ro! the -nstitut .ran/ais he studied in Berlin (19*$) the philosophies o# 0d!und (usserl and 1artin (eidegger+ 2#ter #urther teaching at 'e (a)re, and then in 'aon, he taught at the '&c"e Pasteur in Paris #ro! 19*3 to 19*9+ Since the end o# the Second ,orld ,ar, Sartre has been li)ing as an independent 4riter+

Sartre is one o# those 4riters #or 4ho! a deter!ined philosophical position is the centre o# their artistic being+ 2lthough dra4n #ro! !an& sources, #or e5a!ple, (usserl6s idea o# a #ree, #ull& intentional consciousness and (eidegger6s e5istentialis!, the e5istentialis! Sartre #or!ulated and populari7ed is pro#oundl& original+ -ts popularit& and that o# its author reached a cli!a5 in the #orties, and Sartre6s theoretical 4ritings as 4ell as his no)els and pla&s constitute one o# the !ain inspirational sources o# !odern literature+ -n his philosophical )ie4 atheis! is ta8en #or granted9 the :loss o# ;od: is not !ourned+ 1an is conde!ned to #reedo!, a #reedo! #ro! all authorit&, 4hich he !a& see8 to e)ade, distort, and den& but 4hich he 4ill ha)e to #ace i# he is to beco!e a !oral being+ <he !eaning o# !an6s li#e is not established be#ore his e5istence+ =nce the terrible #reedo! is ac8no4ledged, !an has to !a8e this !eaning hi!sel#, has to co!!it hi!sel# to a role in this 4orld, has to co!!it his #reedo!+ 2nd this atte!pt to !a8e onesel# is #utile 4ithout the :solidarit&: o# others+