"What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and defines himself afterward."

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About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher, novelist, and playwright associated with existentialism. His major works include Nausea and Being and Nothingness. He received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but declined it.

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