“A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.”

— Jean Paul Sartre , The Flies

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The Flies (1943)

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French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, sc… 1905–1980

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