The concept of essence is fundamental in existential philosophy. Existentialists view all reality, including man, only as an object, “essence,” “existence” i...

“Being and Nothingness” is the most famous and significant philosophical work of the French writer and existentialist thinker J. P. Sartre (1905–1980). Publi...

The book Existentialism is Humanism was first published in France in 1946 and has gone through several editions since then. It introduces the reader in a pop...

In the first magazine publication, the play had the title “Others.” It was in this work that Sartre said: “Hell is other people.” This time the parable draws...

“If you look for a long time into the abyss, then the abyss also looks at you” - these words belong to Friedrich Nietzsche, who is rightfully considered one ...

“With Dirty Hands” (“Les Mains Sales”, 1948) is, according to many, Sartre’s best play. This is a dramatic study of the painful compromise required in politi...

Sartre’s work “The Imaginary” (“L’Imaginaire”) is a work of the famous philosopher, created in the late 30s and revealing a strong influence of the phenomeno...

The novel-play “No More Bets” was written by Sartre back in 1943, but published only after the end of the war, in 1947. In a long line in the office where po...

Sartre the novelist and Sartre the philosopher united in a fundamental work written in 1947. This essay was a response to critics' accusations that literatur...