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Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism

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The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was a crucial figure in Existentialism. Although his work may seem dauntingly incomprehensible at first glance, this video from The School of Life makes Sartre's ideas--about the absurdity of the world, humans' freedom of choice, and the fluidity of our supposedly rigid roles and institutions--shockingly understandable. 

One of the ideas Sartre expresses in "Being and Nothingness" is that the world is _______ than we think.

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