"Jean-Paul-Charles-Aymard Sartre (/ˈsɑːrtrə/;[6] French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism."
I only just discovered his work during this project as I was researching the existence of humans and discovered his work.
I do not know much about him and have never come across his work before but for wider reading around this topic maybe at a later date, I will read some of his theories.
A website described his work on existentialism in his work Being and Nothingness, "where he defines two types of reality which lie beyond our conscious experience: the being of the object of consciousness and that of consciousness itself. The object of consciousness exists as "in-itself," that is, in an independent and non-relational way.
Famous quotes of his in relation to existentialism:
- “In life man commits himself and draws his own portrait, outside of which there is nothing"
- "But in reality and for the existentialist, there is no love apart from the deeds of love; no potentiality of love other than that which is manifested in loving; there is no genius other than that which is expressed in works of art.”
- “There is no reality except in action. Man is nothing else than his plan; he exists only to the extent that he fulfills himself; he is therefore nothing else than the ensemble of his acts, nothing else than his life.”
These quotes are something I may look at using in my final images or alongside them. I feel they may help the audience connect and get a small insight to the dramatic research I have taken out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre
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