First all men must be able to become men by the improvement of their conditions of existence, so tha...

First all men must be able to become men by the improvement of their conditions of existence, so that a universal morality can be created. If I begin by saying to them: “Thou shalt not lie,” there is no longer any possibility of political action. What matters first is the liberation of man.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre

French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic

June 21st, 1905 - April 15th, 1980

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