Jean-Paul Marat

Evolution of Self In the movie, Gattaca, the predominate society believes in behaviorism. Which is the theory that there is no self only the body, or more importantly they view the self as a display of each individuals’ genetic makeup. But this idea is not true, the movie actually implies the self does not arise from our genes, the self is a choice. Sartre’s transcendence is that we, as individuals, choose what to make from the facts of our lives. Even Vincent is taken in by the idea of…

two brains are the same. Reasoning indicates our actions. If we have good reasoning/judgements, we are able to perform as we think it’s necessary. We won’t need to act as we are told because we would be confident in where we stand, as philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre talks in “The Age of Reasoning:” “The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person.” Our responsibility is to do as we…

contribute to the unified view of the identity. The first being one’s racial background, which is best explained by the philosopher Patricia Williams. The second attribute is the religious influences that we come in contact with. The Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre has the best experience with this type of influence one the identity of human beings. The last attribute is the outlook…

Jean-Paul Sartre Is man truly free? Do we feel alienated to a world without meaning? Jean-Paul Sartre questioned and challenged these ideas. Jean-Paul Sartre was born in June 21, 1905 in Paris, France and died on April 15, 1980 at the age of 74 although making a huge impact in 20th century philosophy. He was well known for being an existentialist because of some of his works and concepts. He was in a very open relationship with Simone de Beuvoir who was a prominent feminist and the writer of…

An Existentialist is someone who exercises their ability to be a free person, and takes responsibility for their own actions in life. Meursault, the main character of “The Stranger” written by Albert Camus, was not originally an Existentialist, but the events that occurred throughout the story forced him to contemplate the true meaning of life, and unintentionally transformed him into one. While this does lead to his death, he is at peace with what he has done in his life, and decides to just…

Estelle vs. Inez In No Exit by Jean-Paul Sarte the central theme is, “hell is other people”. In the play, three characters are introduced, who all have different back-stories as to why they are there. Two of the main characters are Estelle and Inez. Both are women who have committed horrendous crimes, but at the same time, could not be more different. The first one to enter “hell” was Inez. Inez was a very angry woman, who hated men. Some people would describe her as negative, or pessimistic.…

and to define himself by his own choices, while others believe that man is born with a set purpose in life and cannot stray away from that. This question is especially important in the essay from Jean-Paul Sartre’s essay “Existentialism” and the book Gilgamesh. The main characters in Gilgamesh,…

The study of “the self” in philosophy is often concentrated around the idea of existence. To understand what it is to “be” means realizing a universal mentality in a singular human life. Jean-Paul Sartre addresses his perspective primarily through phenomenology and the concept of free will. He claims, to be human is to be depicted by “an existence that precedes its essence” (Sartre 318). In this paper, I will argue for Sartre’s theory of existentialism by analyzing human consciousness and…

Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri and No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre both highlight the punishment experienced by sinners in hell, but since these stories are written nearly 750 years apart and come from two completely different places, No Exit being first performed in France in 1944 and Dante’s Inferno being written in 1300’s by a medieval Italian man, the stories vary in their telling of how hell is like and how sinners are punished in hell. In No Exit the Sinners are psychologically tortured…

Jean-Paul Sartre, in his plays No Exit and The Respectful Prostitute, demonstrates existentialist concepts, especially those pertaining to people’s relationships with others. One such concept is that of the idea that “hell is other people”, meaning when people judge themselves they reflect on other people 's thoughts and opinions about them. Therefore, if the relationship the person has with the other is bad, then the other person may seem as if they are hell since their objective view of the…