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Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophical, Judging, Evil

The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Fighting, Evil, Tempted

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.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Kissing, Eggs, Evil
Jean-Paul Sartre (1966). “Words”

I discovered suddenly that alienation, exploitation of man by man, under-nourishment, relegated to the background metaphysical evil which is a luxury.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Men, Luxury, Evil

To choose this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Evil, Be Good, Values
Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre (2016). “The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism”, p.165, Open Road Media

God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man.

Jean-Paul Sartre
Men, Evil, Miracle
"The Devil and the Good Lord". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 10, sc. 4, 1951.

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