Man, being condemned to be free carries the weight of the whole world on his shoulders… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Man, being condemned to be free carries the weight of the whole world on his shoulders; he is responsible for the world and himself as a way of being.
In the original French
L’homme, étant condamné à être libre, porte le poids du monde tout entier sur ses épaules : il est responsable du monde et de lui-même en tant que manière d’être
Being and Nothingness · 1943
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Current citation
Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.
Original citation
Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.
