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Single Idea 3847

[from 'Existentialism and Humanism' by Jean-Paul Sartre, in 16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents ]

Full Idea

Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions.

Gist of Idea

Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.41)

Book Reference

Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'Existentialism and Humanism', ed/tr. Mairet,Philip [Methuen 1980], p.41


A Reaction

This might be plausible if unperformed actions are included. For some people, their whole life story consists of what they failed to do.