Gabriel Marcel: Biography, Facts and Career
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Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 – 8 October 1973) was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's work focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. Though often regarded as the first French existentialist, he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre, preferring the term philosophy of existence or neo-Socrateanism to define his own thought. The Mystery of Being is a well-known two-volume work authored by Marcel.
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- Full name: Gabriel Marcel
- Born: 1889-12-07
- Nationality: France
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q154145
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Gabriel Marcel was born on 1889-12-07.
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