Storia di una “frequentazione”: il concetto di “relazione” in Gabriel Marcel e Jean-­ Paul Sartre

Is it possible to establish a line of research that brings Gabriel Marcel and Jean-­ Paul Sartre closer together? With this article, we will positively support this idea, by distancing ourselves from the overly rigid interpretations that exclu- sively focus on antinomic elements sliding into a reductionist and nowadays “canonical” presentation of the relationship between these philosophers. Beyond the undeniable and, fortunately, unmediated differences between the two phi- losophers, this article aims to investigate their positions regarding the concept of “relationship”. In doing so, we will highlight how Gabriel Marcel’s “coesse” and Jean-­ Paul Sartre’s “being-­ for-­ others” have numerous points of contact that place both philosophers, beyond their personal positions in the religious sphere, within the common ground of “existentialism”.