Gabriel Marcel Born (1889-12-07)7 December 1889 Paris, France Died 8 October 1973(1973-10-08) (aged 83) Paris, France Alma mater University of Paris Era 20th-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Existentialism Existential phenomenology[1] Main interests Ontology · Subjectivity · Ethics Notable ideas "The Other" (autrui), concrete philosophy (philosophie concrète), being vs. having as opposing ways of defining the human person Influences Bergson · Buber · Heidegger · Kierkegaard[2] · Husserl[3] · Mauriac · Royce[4] · Schelling Influenced Boutang · Levinas · Percy · Wahl · Ricoeur