Jean-Paul Sartre was a French philosopher and existential nihilist, who in 1964, turned down the Nobel Prize in Literature, because “Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”.
Kidding! That’s something another great philosopher and nihilist, Kanye West, said to Taylor Swift in the 2009 VMAs.
Kanye West is an American rapper who’s got an influential career and traces of nihilism in most of his songs.
Can you differentiate Kanye from Sartre? It’s time to find out if you know your existential nihilist right!
Who said it: Kanye West or Jean-Paul Sartre?
1. “Please: Do everything you possibly can in one lifetime.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
2. “If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
3. “I’m ready to get out of my own way. The ego is overdone.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
4. “Not smiling makes me smile”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
5. “I do not think therefore I am a moustache.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
6. “Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
7. “You have distracted from my creative process.”
Kanye West
Jean-Paul Sartre
How much did you score? Let me know in the comments!
~ Shruti
Darn it – I didnt even know who Kanye West was/is…
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Haha! He’s a rapper. He’s kinda cool. 😁
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This was really cool! I like Sartre but didn’t know much about Kanye, never really got into his music but reading the lyrics makes me think I might like it.
Oh, the score was not that good…
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Haha! Don’t they sound very similar? And I like Sartre a lot too! 😊
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5 out of 6!!!
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Nice! But there were 7 questions! Haha. You do kinda know your existential nihilist right!
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I scored 5 – I’d like to claim it was because I am THAT learned and informed – but if I did, I’d be lying:)). Thank you for a fun post, Shruti.
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Haha! 5 is a decent score. It’s 5 on 7! Thanks so much for taking it! Now go listen to Power or Heartless by Kanye West! 😂😁
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Will do…
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Whelp! I only got 3 right but that’s mostly because I only kind of know Kanye and I don’t know anything about Sartre. This was a fun post!
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Thanks so much, Jenn! And it’s okay! Now you know they’re both nihilistic! 😁
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Yes! Which is something I had to lookup by the way! 😂😄
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Haha! 😊
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Wow! I actually just got the first one wrong and that’s it xD that’s also a really funny and awesome post, as always 😀 how do you come up with these 😀
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Haha, that’s amazing! Good job! 😁
And about the post being funny? I like Kanye and Sartre. And they’re similar. The Buzzfeed lover in me made me do the quiz. 😂 Not a great story, I know. xD
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Just 2 😀 Because I don’t know who Sartre is and I have just heard the name of Kayne 😛 It was a fun post though!
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Haha, you can still get to know their works! They’re fun. 😁 I can relate to Sartre on a spiritual level. xD
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Haha, I’ll make sure to check him out 😀
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