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{{Infobox philosopher|name=Jean-Paul Sartre|image_size=200|birth_place=Paris, [[French Republic (1870–1940)|France]]|death_date=15 April 1980|death_place=Paris, [[France]]|nationality=French|school_tradition=[[Existentialism]]|birth_date=21 June 1905|image=Jean-Paul Sartre.png}}
{{Infobox philosopher|name=Jean-Paul Sartre|image_size=200|birth_place=Paris, [[French Republic (1870–1940)|France]]|death_date=15 April 1980|death_place=Paris, [[France]]|nationality=French|school_tradition=[[Existentialism]]|birth_date=21 June 1905|image=Jean-Paul Sartre.png}}


'''Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre''' (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French [[Existentialism|existentialist]] philosopher. His philosophy centered around the individual and he stated that, "Hell is other people" in his play ''No Exit''.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Dominic Alexander|newspaper=[[Counterfire]]|title=The Work of Sartre: Search for Freedom and the Challenge of History|date=2012-12-20|url=https://www.counterfire.org/article/the-work-of-sartre-search-for-freedom-and-the-challenge-of-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224202554/https://www.counterfire.org/article/the-work-of-sartre-search-for-freedom-and-the-challenge-of-history/|archive-date=2022-12-24}}</ref>
'''Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre''' (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French [[Existentialism|existentialist]] philosopher. He criticized [[capitalism]] and believed that it eliminated freedom through [[alienation]] but also thought that [[Proletarian revolution|revolution]] was impossible. His philosophy centered around the individual.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Dominic Alexander|newspaper=[[Counterfire]]|title=The Work of Sartre: Search for Freedom and the Challenge of History|date=2012-12-20|url=https://www.counterfire.org/article/the-work-of-sartre-search-for-freedom-and-the-challenge-of-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224202554/https://www.counterfire.org/article/the-work-of-sartre-search-for-freedom-and-the-challenge-of-history/|archive-date=2022-12-24}}</ref>
 
Sartre criticized both [[bourgeois democracy]] and [[Leninism]], believing they both "serialized" individuals and eliminated their [[freedom]]. He believed that [[Proletarian revolution|revolution]] was impossible in his lifetime. However, he supported the [[People's Democratic Republic of Algeria|Algerian]] War of Independence.<ref name=":0" />


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