I believe that there is truth to that statement beyond the fact that others cause the loss of one’s unique self, which is the way Sartre may have intended it to be interpreted. I view it as a more positive statement. I believe that hell is other people because other people keep us here, no matter how absurd it may seem to stay. Without others, it does not make much of a difference whether I live or die. I could do what I please with no consequence and perish with no consequence, but if I were to selfishly do that when there are other people in my life, I would be detracting myself from helping them, which is my purpose in life. In fact, I could actively create consequence by affecting those surrounding me. However, since I will not be able to do as I please without adversing from my purpose, others create this “hell” that I am trapped in, one that is not necessarily horrible since I am bound because I
I believe that there is truth to that statement beyond the fact that others cause the loss of one’s unique self, which is the way Sartre may have intended it to be interpreted. I view it as a more positive statement. I believe that hell is other people because other people keep us here, no matter how absurd it may seem to stay. Without others, it does not make much of a difference whether I live or die. I could do what I please with no consequence and perish with no consequence, but if I were to selfishly do that when there are other people in my life, I would be detracting myself from helping them, which is my purpose in life. In fact, I could actively create consequence by affecting those surrounding me. However, since I will not be able to do as I please without adversing from my purpose, others create this “hell” that I am trapped in, one that is not necessarily horrible since I am bound because I