Jean-Paul Sartre quote about existence from Nausea - All is full, existence everywhere, dense, heavy and sweet. But, beyond all this sweetness, inaccessible, near and so far, young, merciless and serene, there is this . . . this rigour.
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“ All is full, existence everywhere, dense, heavy and sweet. But, beyond all this sweetness, inaccessible, near and so far, young, merciless and serene, there is this . . . this rigour.
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 Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (1938). copy citation

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Author Jean-Paul Sartre
Source Nausea
Topic existence rigour
Date 1938
Language English
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Note Translated by Lloyd Alexander
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“Tout est plein, l'existence partout, dense et lourde et douce. Mais, par-delà toute cette douceur, inaccessible, toute proche, si loin hélas, jeune, impitoyable et sereine il y a cette… cette rigueur.” Jean-Paul Sartre, La Nausée

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Jean-Paul Sartre quote about existence from Nausea - All is full, existence everywhere, dense, heavy and sweet. But, beyond all this sweetness, inaccessible, near and so far, young, merciless and serene, there is this . . . this rigour.
Jean-Paul Sartre quote about existence from Nausea - All is full, existence everywhere, dense, heavy and sweet. But, beyond all this sweetness, inaccessible, near and so far, young, merciless and serene, there is this . . . this rigour.