But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object.

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.