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Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialism Joseph Palladino Mr. Swan West and the World Due: Wednesday September 25 th 2010. Jean-Paul Sartre. Je an-Paul Sa rtre.

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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  1. Existentialism Joseph Palladino Mr. Swan West and the World Due: Wednesday September 25th 2010 Jean-Paul Sartre

  2. Jean-Paul Sartre • Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century philosopher, writer, playwright, and professor. He was born in 1905 in Paris, France, and died on April 15th, 1980. He published manyphilosophical works, and was inspired by Heidegger's existentialism. Sartre’s own idea of existentialism however, was very original. Sartre explained that man is condemned to freedom, and that the meaning of a man’s life is not determined before his existence. In his explanation, athiesm is taken for granted. Man is free from all authority, andonce freedom is realized, man must make his ownmeaning in life. Sartre also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964.

  3. Existentialism • Existentialism is a philosophical position that explains that natural science (ex, biological makeup) alone is not enough to understand what a human being is. It does not question science, but it does say that science alone is not total knowledge of humans. It also believes that Moral theory also does not give us a full understanding of human beings. It teaches that God does not exist/ cannot be known, and man just “exists”, and is free to create their own meaning in life. • It Is a term that belongs to intellectual history. • Also a philosophical position, sometimes debated that it should only be used for Sartes Philosophy. • It is associated with dread, nothingness, freedom, meaningless, and the absurd, because it deals with the idea that humans are given freedom of choice, and existence is meaningless. • It flourished during the period after WWII and the decades after, with JPS its best known writer and “spokesperson”.

  4. Existentialist Beliefs from http://www.himalayanacademy.com/ • I believe that there is no knowable providential order in nature or in the larger realm of existence or cosmos. • I believe that the being of man is ultimately meaningless, which is to say that man knows not why he exists and cannot rise to the knowledge of his destiny. • I believe that each man is an individual and should break his dependence on society and rely solely upon his own individual life, spirit, personality and thought. • I believe that immortality is not a condition of man. Death is quite realistically seen as an ultimate end and radical fact which cannot be overcome. Man should not tolerate even an anguished hope of personal survival. • I believe that harmony and security in human relationships are impossible to achieve, and the only satisfactory attitude toward others is based upon explicit recognition of this fact. • I believe that "Evil is not an illusion. It is not the effect of passions which might be cured, or a fear which might be overcome. It is not an ignorance which might be enlightened. Evil cannot be redeemed" (Sartre). • I believe that God does not exist. • I believe that the highest and best life is lived in the intensity of being fully conscious of the life experience. This experience necessarily contains problems, struggle, suffering and conflict. This is man's unalterable reality within which his free, creative action and choice gives birth to the fullness of consciousness which would otherwise be deadened by security and contentment. • I believe that the soul of man is not whole without such unpleasant things as death, anxiety, guilt, fear and trembling, and despair. It would be the final error of reason to deny that these emotions exist, or to strive to manipulate them out of existence. Therefore, it can be said that nothing can be accomplished by denying that man is essentially a troubled being, except to make more trouble.

  5. h Existentialism I suppose I could try if I chose,But the question is: “Can I suppose    I could choose what I chose if    I chose?” I suppose ifI chose to. But nobody knows.    —“E. F. C.” Remember when you are bemusing,And daily decisions confusing,    That for life existential,    The thing that’s essentialIs never the choice but the choosing.    —Cyril Hughes

  6. Works Cited "Jean-Paul Sartre - Biography." Nobelprize.org. Web. 22 Sept. 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1964/sartre-bio.html>. "MMS-Humanities - Jean-Paul Sartre." MMS-Humanities - Home. Web. 22 Sept. 2010. <http://mms-humanities.wikispaces.com/Jean-Paul Sartre>. "Resource 5, Atheistic Philosophies." Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Web. 22 Sept. 2010. <http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_r5_truth-atheism.html>.

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