"We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us."

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Source: Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre (2016). “The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism”, p.167, Open Road Media

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Jean-Paul Sartre

Philosopher, Writer

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher and playwright known for his existentialist ideas, particularly in works like 'Being and Nothingness'.

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