Existentialism
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"Consciousness is a being such that it is in question insofar as this being implies being other than itself."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"We are our choices."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Man is condemned to be free."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Life is nothing until it is lived."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Existence precedes essence."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Anguish is the price of freedom."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Hell is other people."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Bad faith is the disposition to deceive oneself."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others."
Simone de Beauvoir
"It is impossible to become aware of anything except in a relationship."
Simone de Beauvoir
"The tragedy of a woman is that she is always a vassal."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman."
Simone de Beauvoir
"Authentic love must be founded on freedom."
Simone de Beauvoir
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"Motherhood is the key to understanding gender."
Simone de Beauvoir
"It is for man to establish the reign of freedom in the midst of freedom."
Simone de Beauvoir
"The ethical problem is the problem of the authentic relationship."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"I am my choices."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Passion is required for anything worthwhile."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Human freedom is a freedom to act, not freedom from acting."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Dare to be yourself."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Faith is the highest passion in a human being."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The individual is absolutely free."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Purity of heart is to will one thing."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."
Søren Kierkegaard
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