Throughout Jean-Paul Sartre’s lecture he expresses and explains his beliefs in the philosophy of existentialism. He explains many different viewpoints and uses phrases to further elaborate what it means to be an existentialist. Sartre defends the philosophical view by showing critics and others that existentialism isn’t as bad as it seems to be. While using these phrases and examples, he shows the audience that you can believe in existentialism as it is very closely related to the world we live in today. In the beginning of Sartre’s essay he starts off by using the phrase “existence precedes essence”. Sartre means that we first exist, and then we find our purpose or an “essence”. This term is true to our own lives because we are put here
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In the concept of abandonment, man enters this world alone and must face life’s trials and tribulations with no outside help. Man is forced to think for himself and make his own choices based off of his own views. Sartre also says during this period of abandonment, “you are free” and “no general code of ethics can tell you what you ought to do; there are no signs in this world” in regards to troubles of decision making (33). There are no signs or outside help because we are still going to make the decision we want to make. People can seek out help from others and ask for advice, but we are still going to choose by taking our own thoughts and views into consideration. Despair is described as the way you portray yourself. If someone were to consider themselves less than another, they have the power to change themselves. Man is what he creates himself out to be and he can always fix what he feels is wrong about his life. Anguish, as described by Sartre, is never truly faced and most try to run away from it. Even in the face of anguish, we still follow through with our choices because we feel we have an obligation to do so. We choose between right and wrong every day, but the way we differentiate one another depends on our views. Responsibility is a major part of these concepts because we are responsible for everything we do in our lives such as choices and in the way we live. Freewill is an important essential to our lives because we use it every day for the decisions we
In the concept of abandonment, man enters this world alone and must face life’s trials and tribulations with no outside help. Man is forced to think for himself and make his own choices based off of his own views. Sartre also says during this period of abandonment, “you are free” and “no general code of ethics can tell you what you ought to do; there are no signs in this world” in regards to troubles of decision making (33). There are no signs or outside help because we are still going to make the decision we want to make. People can seek out help from others and ask for advice, but we are still going to choose by taking our own thoughts and views into consideration. Despair is described as the way you portray yourself. If someone were to consider themselves less than another, they have the power to change themselves. Man is what he creates himself out to be and he can always fix what he feels is wrong about his life. Anguish, as described by Sartre, is never truly faced and most try to run away from it. Even in the face of anguish, we still follow through with our choices because we feel we have an obligation to do so. We choose between right and wrong every day, but the way we differentiate one another depends on our views. Responsibility is a major part of these concepts because we are responsible for everything we do in our lives such as choices and in the way we live. Freewill is an important essential to our lives because we use it every day for the decisions we