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Quotes from The Philsophy of Existence — Gabriel Marcel

1889–1973 France

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When the pessimist Besme says in La Ville that nothing is, he means precisely this, that there is no experience that withstands the analytical test.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

Being is - or should be - necessary.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

speaking metaphysically, the only genuine hope is hope in what does not depend on ourselves, hope springing from humility and not from pride.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

the world we live in permits - and may even seem to counsel - absolute dispair, yet it is only such a world that can give rise to an unconquerable hope.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

I am therefore led to assume or to recognise a form of participation which has the reality of a subject; this participation cannot be, by definition, an object of thought; it cannot serve as a solution - it appears beyond the realm of problems: it is metaproblematical.

The Philsophy of Existence (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gabriel Marcel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.