Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy spans almost the entire 20th century, and is characterized above all by constituting a reflection on the human condition and by the defense of freedom. Such is the genuine root of existentialism that leads to the proposal of an individualistic and unsupportive morality. But beyond this, Sartre, a privileged witness to the moving events of the 20th century, will derive his philosophy towards a fruitful relationship with Marxism, opening himself to a proposal for theoretical and political collaboration. Constantly redoing his social commitments, Sartre will finally understand existentialism as the reflection on individual freedom that must be added to the historical horizon in order to understand the social processes configured at the same time by general laws and by the activity of the inalienable human freedom.