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[[Image:Ncgj688.jpg|right|thumb|Jean Paul Sartre]]

[[Image:Ncgj688.jpg|right|thumb|Jean Paul Sartre]]

'''Jean-Paul Sartre''' (1905-1980) was one of several popularizers of the [[philosophy]] of [[existentialism]]. Sartre's version of existentialism (different in minor components from those of his contemporaries, and modern existentialists) taught (consistent with his [[atheism]]) that life has no external meaning at all and that the moral obligation of every person was to find or define subjective meaning of their own life (lest life be [[Atheism and meaninglessness|altogether meaningless]]).<ref>''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/#4]</ref> Sartre did not solve the issue of the absence of objective meaning under an [[atheist worldview]] (see: [[Atheism and meaninglessness]]).<ref>

'''Jean-Paul Sartre''' (1905-1980) was one of several popularizers of the [[philosophy]] of [[existentialism]]. Sartre's version of existentialism (different in minor components from those of his contemporaries, and modern existentialists) taught (consistent with his [[atheism]]) that life has no external meaning at all and that the moral obligation of every person was to find or define subjective meaning of their own life (lest life be [[Atheism and meaninglessness|altogether meaningless]]).<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sartre/#4 ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'']</ref> Sartre did not solve the issue of the absence of objective meaning under an [[atheist worldview]] (see: [[Atheism and meaninglessness]]).<ref>

*[http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/can-life-have-meaning-without-god Can Life Have Meaning Without God?] by James Anderson

*[http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/can-life-have-meaning-without-god Can Life Have Meaning Without God?] by James Anderson

*[http://jwwartick.com/2011/01/03/atheism-meaningless/ Atheism’s Universe is Meaningless and Valueless] by  J.W. Wartick,  January 3, 2011

*[http://jwwartick.com/2011/01/03/atheism-meaningless/ Atheism’s Universe is Meaningless and Valueless] by  J.W. Wartick,  January 3, 2011

*''[[No Exit]]'', published in 1942

*''[[No Exit]]'', published in 1942

In fact, Sartre’s writing was so well received that, in 1964, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for literature, which he declined.<ref>List of Nobel Prize laureates for litrature[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/]</ref>

In fact, Sartre’s writing was so well received that, in 1964, he was awarded the [[Nobel Prize]] for literature, which he declined.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/ List of Nobel Prize laureates for litrature]</ref>

Sartre fought in the [[French]] resistance in [[World War II]] for a brief period and worked on an underground French paper of the time. However, his activities were only very brief, and otherwise did his own actions during that time, including several plays. After France was Liberated, Sartre mentioned that France had been "more free" under Nazi control.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3998943.ece</ref>

Sartre fought in the [[French]] resistance in [[World War II]] for a brief period and worked on an underground French paper of the time. However, his activities were only very brief, and otherwise did his own actions during that time, including several plays. After France was Liberated, Sartre mentioned that France had been "more free" under Nazi control.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3998943.ece</ref>

{{cquote|As for me, I don’t see myself as so much dust that has appeared in the world but as a being that was expected, prefigured, called forth. In short, as a being that could, it seems, come only from a creator; and this idea of a creating hand that created me refers me back to God. Naturally this is not a clear, exact idea that I set in motion every time I think of myself. It contradicts many of my other ideas; but it is there, floating vaguely. And when I think of myself I ''often'' think rather in this way, for want of ''being able to think otherwise'' [emphasis added].<ref>[http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/apologetics/AP0702W4.htm Is Christianity Alone Fully True and is Jesus Christ Really the Only Way To God? -- Part 4]</ref>}}

{{cquote|As for me, I don’t see myself as so much dust that has appeared in the world but as a being that was expected, prefigured, called forth. In short, as a being that could, it seems, come only from a creator; and this idea of a creating hand that created me refers me back to God. Naturally this is not a clear, exact idea that I set in motion every time I think of myself. It contradicts many of my other ideas; but it is there, floating vaguely. And when I think of myself I ''often'' think rather in this way, for want of ''being able to think otherwise'' [emphasis added].<ref>[http://www.johnankerberg.org/Articles/apologetics/AP0702W4.htm Is Christianity Alone Fully True and is Jesus Christ Really the Only Way To God? -- Part 4]</ref>}}

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