Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself.

Publication of the Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy ed. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press. The Mystery of Being Vol.

Though often regarded as the first French existentialist he dissociated himself from figures such as Jean-Paul Sartre preferring the term Philosophy of Existence to define his own thought. He focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society. In addition to being a playwright and philosopher Marcel was also a music critic.