If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
Jean-Paul SartreRead
It is disgusting -- Why must we have bodies?
Interpretation
The quote expresses a disdain for the physical body and questions its necessity in existence.
Jean-Paul Sartre's quote reflects a deep philosophical contemplation on the human condition, particularly the often burdensome nature of physical existence. It suggests a distaste for bodily limitations and the existential struggle faced by individuals, raising profound questions about the essence of being and the relationship between the mind and body.
In practice
This quote can be used in a philosophy class to spark discussion about the nature of identity.
If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.
All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to retain my freedom.' I should myself have thought,' said Jacques, 'that freedom consisted in frankly confronting situations into which one had deliberately entered, and accepting all one's responsibilities. But that, no doubt, is not your view.
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.
A kiss without a moustache, they said then, is like an egg without salt; I will add to it: and it is like Good without Evil.
I wanted pure love: foolishness; to love one another is to hate a common enemy: I will thus espouse your hatred. I wanted Good: nonsense; on this earth and in these times, Good and Bad are inseparable: I accept to be evil in order to become good.
Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil.
Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.
I was born and have ever remained in the most humble walks of life.
Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.
The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being's difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself.
If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal.
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