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"A existencia precede a essencia": Sartre, voz do existencialismo, questionou a autenticidade.
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Jornada de vida
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was born. His father died when he was 15 months old, and he was raised by his mother and grandparents.
Developed strabismus in his right eye, leading to blindness in that eye. This physical condition influenced his self-perception.
Started writing adventure stories and developing his literary ambitions under his grandfather's encouragement.
Entered the prestigious Ecole Normale Superieure to study philosophy, where he met many future intellectuals.
Met Simone de Beauvoir while preparing for the agregation exam. They began their legendary lifelong intellectual partnership.
Ranked first in the philosophy agregation on his second attempt. De Beauvoir ranked second, being the youngest to pass.
Studied Husserl's phenomenology at the French Institute in Berlin, which profoundly influenced his philosophical development.
Published his first novel Nausea, exploring existential themes through protagonist Roquentin's philosophical crisis.
Called up as a meteorologist in the French army at the outbreak of World War II, later captured by Germans.
Captured and held in a German POW camp for nine months. Read Heidegger and began writing what became Being and Nothingness.
Released from prison camp using a forged medical certificate. Joined the Resistance and founded the group Socialisme et Liberte.
Published Being and Nothingness, his magnum opus defining existentialist philosophy with concepts of bad faith and radical freedom.
His play No Exit premiered with its famous line Hell is other people, cementing his status as leading existentialist playwright.
Delivered his famous lecture defending existentialism, making philosophy accessible to the public and defining the movement.
Founded the influential journal Les Temps Modernes with de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty, shaping postwar intellectual debate.
Public break with Albert Camus over political differences regarding Communism, ending their friendship.
Published Critique of Dialectical Reason, attempting to reconcile existentialism with Marxism.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature but declined it, stating a writer should not become an institution.
Actively supported the May 1968 student protests in Paris, speaking at the Sorbonne and selling banned newspapers.
Sartre died of pulmonary edema. Over 50,000 people attended his funeral procession in Paris.
Remembered as the most influential philosopher of the 20th century, whose ideas shaped literature, politics, and ethics.
