"Der Mensch kann nichts wollen, wenn er nicht zunächst begriffen hat, daß er auf nichts anderes als auf sich selber zählen kann, daß er allein ist, verlassen auf der Erde inmitten seiner unendlichen Verantwortlichkeiten, ohne Hilfe noch Beistand, ohne ein anderes Ziel als das, das er sich selbst geben wird, ohne ein anderes Schicksal als das, das er sich auf dieser Erde schmieden wird."
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Jean-Paul Sartre
1905 – 1980
französischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller
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