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Act 11, sc. 2

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away." in the context of "Act 11, sc. 2" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980), normally known simply as Jean-Paul Sartre, was a French existentialist philosopher, dramatist and screenwriter, novelist, and critic. He had an enduring personal relationship with fellow philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.