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1. 1. Jean Paul Sartre

   

   Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, US also ; French: [saʁtʁ]; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology). His work has influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature despite attempting to refuse it, saying that he always declined official honors and that "a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution." Sartre had an open relationship with prominent feminist and fellow existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Together, Sartre and de Beauvoir challenged the cultural and social assumptions and expectations of their upbringings, which they considered bourgeois, in both lifestyles and thought. The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity (mauvaise foi, literally, 'bad faith') and an "authentic" way of "being" became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness (L'Être et le Néant, 1943). Sartre provided an introduction to his philosophy in his work Existentialism Is a Humanism (L'existentialisme est un humanisme, 1946), originally presented as a lecture. Born in Paris, Sartre lost his father at age two and was raised primarily by his mother and grandfather, who introduced him to literature. He studied at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, where he developed a deep interest in philosophy, influenced by thinkers like Henri Bergson, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger. Sartre's early academic career included teaching in several French lycées and engaging in provocative pranks and debates. Sartre's life was marked by strong political engagement. During World War II, he was drafted, captured, and later released, after which he co-founded the resistance group Socialisme et Liberté. Though the group dissolved, Sartre became an influential voice in occupied France, contributing to underground literature and writing plays like No Exit. After the war, he co-founded the journal Les Temps modernes and increasingly used his platform to advocate for political and social causes. He supported anti-colonial movements, condemned French policies in Algeria, opposed U.S. intervention in Vietnam, and aligned himself at various times with Marxism and Maoism. Despite declining health in his later years, Sartre remained committed to activism and intellectual debate until his death in 1980. His funeral drew 50,000 mourners.

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   Set in late 1930s France, the novel follows a philosophy teacher who, faced with his lover’s pregnancy and the approaching war, must decide between preserving his personal freedom or accepting new responsibilities; through his doubts, relationships and encounters with political tension, the story explores the existential themes of choice, commitment, responsibility and the ways individual decisions are shaped by historical pressure.

3. 3. Le Parole

   

   An autobiographical meditation in which the narrator recalls his early childhood and the decisive role of books and reading in shaping his sense of self: he recounts parental absence and the nanny’s influence, confesses how words became a means of escape and self-invention, traces the shift from voracious reading to deliberate writing, and reflects on the paradox of literary creation as both refuge and theatrical vanity that fashions a public identity while concealing motives and solitude.

4. 4. L'esistenzialismo è Un Umanismo

   

   Sostiene che nell’uomo l’esistenza precede l’essenza: prima si è, poi si definiscono valori e progetto di vita, e poiché non esiste un fondamento trascendente, ogni individuo è radicalmente libero e quindi totalmente responsabile delle proprie scelte; questa condizione genera angoscia ma non giustifica passività o nichilismo, perché le scelte autentiche impegnano l’autore a creare valori universali attraverso l’azione, rispondendo alle obiezioni sul pessimismo, il relativismo e l’egoismo e difendendo una visione dell’esistenza come impegno etico e umano.
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