If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
Jean-Paul SartreRead
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
Interpretation
Humans are accountable for their actions and the essence of their character.
This quote by Jean-Paul Sartre emphasizes the existentialist belief that individuals are the architects of their own lives. It suggests that our choices define us and that we must take responsibility for our decisions, understanding that our essence is shaped by our actions rather than predetermined by external factors or societal expectations.
In practice
In a philosophy class discussing ethics, this quote can prompt a debate about moral responsibility.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought,' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view.
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil.
I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.
Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil.
The government's not going to create jobs. It doesn't have to. People have to create jobs.
We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.
Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races.
Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal.
This is something that I'm sure I'd have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There's the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven't embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they're going to hell.
I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.
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