JeanPaul SartreMan is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.
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After the failure of the French Revolution, it seems that the famous philosopher and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805 – 1859) had a change of heart. He believed that, “Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give [life] a meaning.”
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