That is one of the most deliciously ironic, and hilarious, statements that I've seen in a while.
That is perfect, isn't it?
When I think of him, I think of that song, "I'm a loser baby/ so why don't you kill me."
His "philosophy" is nothing but a long invitation to suicide.
I beg to differ. There is nothing "long" about Sartre's "invitation to suicide."
I had to sit through a college production of "Being and Nothingness" and I was ready to do myself in after 20 minutes.
Rimmer: Sartre said that hell is being locked up in a room forever with your friends.
Lister: Yeah, but his mates were French.
SD
Admittedly, I am not studied on any of their works to the point I could discuss in detail. But, I have always looked at these guys as developing a philosophy to rationalize their country's behavoir during World War II, the evacaution of Jewish children and Jews, while France capitulated.
It may be easier to live with yourself if your philosophy is that "nothing matters," when you yourself or your countryment were tacitly complicit in the deaths of innocents. For Sartre and the like, I have always been of the opinion that his philosophy did not rise in isolation as solely an intellectual pursuit, but rather was a mechanism to rationalize his country's shameful conduct during the War.