Quiz: Jean-Paul Sartre
When was Jean-Paul Sartre born?
- 1905, Paris, France.
- 1889, Vienna, Austria.
- 1906, Linden, near Hanover, Germany.
- 1872, Trellech, Wales.
Answer
1905, Paris, France. — Born: 1905, Paris, France..
When did Jean-Paul Sartre die?
- 1980, Paris.
- 2002, Lexington, Massachusetts.
- 1951, Cambridge, England.
- 1976, Freiburg, Germany.
Answer
1980, Paris. — Died: 1980, Paris..
What is Jean-Paul Sartre known for?
- Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free.
- The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, and the Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
- Being and Time, Dasein, being toward death, and the later critique of technology.
- Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes.
Answer
Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free. — Known for: Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free..
Which school of thought was Jean-Paul Sartre part of?
- Existentialism.
- Analytic philosophy; naturalism.
- Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source.
- Political theory, in the classical tradition.
Answer
Existentialism. — School: Existentialism..
True or false: French existentialist who taught that existence precedes essence: we are condemned to be free.
- True
- False
Answer
True — From the entry's summary.