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Gabriel Marcel Philosopher

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Dec 7, 1889
  • Died: Oct 8, 1973

Gabriel Honoré Marcel was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term 'Philosophy of Existence' to define his own thought. The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. wisdom

But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of. music

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 more thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 views from William Butler Yeats

28 views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other quotes from Dave Barry

27 other quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 thoughts from Winston Churchill