How did Sartre effect history?Originally Posted by JAG
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How did Sartre effect history?
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He affected the post-modern attitude to existentialism, renewed it.
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Existentialism has greatly effected modern day thought, especially post WW2 thought and Sartre was the main modern proponent of that - as well as the most well known.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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For Most Inappropriately Referenced, I'd go with The Prince.
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Achtung Panzer! by Guderian greatly contributed to the Second World War, which was the biggest in history.
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The bible the best book ever
Formerly ceasar010
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My personal favorite piece of work on the Bible lies in Wikipedia. The Book of Genesis is given a plot summary. It begins:
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Comic genius...
Wikipedia: The Book of Genesis
Cowardice is to run from the fear;
Bravery is not to never feel the fear.
Bravery is to be terrified as hell;
But to hold the line anyway.
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Let us never forget his memoirs, Memoirs den Soldat I beleive.Achtung Panzer! by Guderian greatly contributed to the Second World War, which was the biggest in history.
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The US is marching backward to the values of Michael Stivic.
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