The aim of language…is to communicate…to impart to others the results one has obtained…As I talk, I reveal the situation…I reveal it to myself and to others in order to change it.
Jean-Paul Sartre
About the Author
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.
Born: 21 June 1905, Paris, France
Died: 15 April 1980, Paris, France
Profession: philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic
Nationality: French
