PHL244H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Existence Precedes Essence, Jean-Paul Sartre, Max Scheler
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Invention through choice: sartre says that we are aggregates of , memories, desires for power, enterprises, essential properties, atoms and void, which of the following does sartre not explicitly discuss by that name, abandonment, anguish, avarice, bad faith, despair. Lecture 24: jean-paul sartre on existentialism existentialism is a humanism" excerpts. Born in paris, where he spent most of his life: does go to germany for a while. Influenced by marx, hegel, and continental phenomenologists like husserl, heidegger, and scheler. Combines descartes"s emphasis on consciousness with hume"s attitude toward metaphysics: does not support descartes" metaphysics descartes believes in god. Influence on political and social developments: comfortable described as an anarchist more arco-communist (left leaning endorsement) Hard to tell once the word has become fashionable: once everyone starts to use it, no one knows what it really means (ie. hipster) Central claim: existence precedes essence crucial: this claim was reversed for most of history :: plato thought existence was definite (forms)
