Jean-Paul Marat

Analysis  The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David a. The medium of the artwork was oil on canvas. b. The work’s dimensions is 5 ft. 3 in x 4 ft. and 1 in. c. The Death of Marat was originally created in France, but can now be found at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. d. The genre of the painting is history. e. Jacques-Louis David painted the Death of Marat as a memorial to Jean Marat, who was a dear friend of his. f. When David originally painted the Death of Marat, I’m sure the…

Pale sea foam softly laps the waterlogged body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in an image that crystallized the senseless suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees. Though the photo undoubtedly confronts its global audience with a reality that, oceans away, is easy to passively accept, could a single image really inspire viewers to take progressive action? As ocean levels rise, poverty ravages the third world, and both sexual and racial discrimination run rampant, it seems clear that something…

an individual experiences the world with other free individuals and while one individual cannot directly influence the freedom of the other, it is through the actions of oneself and others that create the situations in which one finds themself. Jean-Paul Sartre in his lecture Existentialism is a Humanism defines existentialism as a philosophy where “existence precedes essence” and one is free to act but must face the consequences of their actions wholly for himself and others. It is this freedom…

To be confronted with challenging predicaments is an inevitable part of the human experience. Although each person must make their own individual “journey” through life’s course, there remain universal principles that unite all living beings. William Stafford’s poem “Traveling Through the Dark” reveals that when one is given the space to reflect upon these simultaneously simple yet compelling principles, only then can one see the chain of events that can occur as a result of a single action. It…

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was an author, playwright, teacher, political activist and brilliant twentieth century philosopher. His ideas first became wide spread in the 1960’s, when he became one of the first philosophers to official adopt the official title of existentialism. His philosophy still carries merit today and humanity as a whole can benefit from his wisdom on human existence. To understand Sartre we must first know a little about his biography. Sartre was born June 21, 1905 in…

In this subsection, an introduction about false cognates, or better known, false friends, will be provided. The term "false friends" first appears in the book Les Faux Amis ou Les Trahisons Du Vocabulaire Anglais (1928) by Maxime Koesler and Jules Decrocquigny. These authors used the following definition: [Elle] désigne les mots d'étymologie et de forme semblable mais de sens partiellement ou totalement différent. The term faux amies was used in the field of translation to refer to those terms…

Christopher McCandless, the protagonist of the movie Into the Wild sheds his identity and life behind in exchange for the life of Alexander Supertramp who lives by transcendentalist values and ideals. He as well as the people he meets adopt beliefs similar to transcendentalist philosophers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In Into the Wild both philosophers and Christopher believe that a man must live and think truly independent of himself, modest and in pursuit of knowledge. They…

find our own meaning, thus life has not been predetermined as is argued in the theory of determinism. I would argue that as existentialists follow a more humanistic framework, it would lean more towards the ideas of human free will. 5- What does Jean-Paul Sartre’s claim that “existence precedes essence” mean and why is it essential to existentialism? Incorporate at least one properly cited quote from Sartre’s essay Existentialism is a Humanism to bolster your…

When Socrates finds out that Euthyphro is charging his own father with the negligent homicide of a slave, he asks Euthyphro what Piety is. Euthyphro believes that prosecuting his father is his responsibility as he believes that he must act with piety. He declares that no matter what the case, even if it is family who killed someone who was not a relative, this is his first reasoning for the prosecution. Socrates responds to Euthyphro’s reasoning saying that this definition is too broad. Socrates…

Friedrich Nietzsche, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. During World War II (WWII) the existentialism became increasingly protuberant. It was during this time that philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre came into existence. Jean-Paul Sartre was born in Paris, France in 1905. During his younger years, he studied at Ecole Normale Superieure. By 1931, Jean-Paul Sartre provided his erudition’s at Le Harvre in 1931 as a professor of philosophy. The intention of the movement is that existence precedes essence.…