Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
French existentialist philosopher (of Jewish descent)
1889, Paris, France — 1973, Paris, France
France
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Marcel was a French philosopher, playwright and critic, a leading figure of Christian existentialism who explored fidelity, hope and the difference between 'problem' and 'mystery'. His plays and philosophical writings influenced later existentialist thought. He was of Jewish descent through his mother, who died in his early childhood; he was raised largely in a secular household and converted to Roman Catholicism in 1929.
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French existentialist philosopher (of Jewish descent)
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