When describing his “first principle” of existentialism, Sartre describes that man is nothing beyond what he chooses to make of himself. This can easily be connected to Emerson’s theories of individualism and nonconformity. Emerson stresses that one should follow their free will and make choices based on what their own minds tell them to do, not on what society expects them to do. Sartre’s emphasis on free will and subjectivity align with Emerson’s theories that one should act int terms of what is experienced in one’s own mind without outer influence. Emerson tells his audience to trust themselves and to never conform to the influences of society, but instead to always rely on inner thoughts. Sartre applies this definition of self-reliance
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Sartre describes anguish through an analogy of a madwoman who believes God is calling her, and only she can decide that it is God speaking to her because she believes that is the right choice. Anguish can be described as many people do today when discussing gender identity. One can be born and feel as if they are a girl or boy despite what biology determines them to be, and it is in their hands and ONLY in their hands to choose to call themselves a respective gender based on what they know is true in their head and heart, and based on what is right according to their choice and the way that choice affects the essence of every other human being. Only they can know what gender they are meant to be, but it is a continuous struggle to assign themselves a gender because it does affect their essence and the essence of humanity as a whole. Sartre goes on to describe forlornness with the analogy of a student that is trying to decide whether to leave his mother and join the Free French forces or stay with his mom to carry her through hard times, and nothing could make his choice except his feelings. A hypothetical analogy for forlornness could be a situation in which an unlabeled amazon box is placed on a community mailbox, and nobody is around to tell you whether to take it or leave it; therefore, you have to take the action that your feelings incline you to take because if you do not, then you are conforming to outside morals of what is the ‘right’ thing to
Sartre describes anguish through an analogy of a madwoman who believes God is calling her, and only she can decide that it is God speaking to her because she believes that is the right choice. Anguish can be described as many people do today when discussing gender identity. One can be born and feel as if they are a girl or boy despite what biology determines them to be, and it is in their hands and ONLY in their hands to choose to call themselves a respective gender based on what they know is true in their head and heart, and based on what is right according to their choice and the way that choice affects the essence of every other human being. Only they can know what gender they are meant to be, but it is a continuous struggle to assign themselves a gender because it does affect their essence and the essence of humanity as a whole. Sartre goes on to describe forlornness with the analogy of a student that is trying to decide whether to leave his mother and join the Free French forces or stay with his mom to carry her through hard times, and nothing could make his choice except his feelings. A hypothetical analogy for forlornness could be a situation in which an unlabeled amazon box is placed on a community mailbox, and nobody is around to tell you whether to take it or leave it; therefore, you have to take the action that your feelings incline you to take because if you do not, then you are conforming to outside morals of what is the ‘right’ thing to