What's the deal with his take on liberty and all that? What did you think of him? I liked some of his work, especially the Situations series, bt there is a lot of annoying high falutin' rubbish in his work too. Why? Did it have anything to do with the complexities involved in being French, Communist and intelligent at the same time?
2006-11-15 14:47:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
curse you.......your question forced a smile to my old, cracked, weathered, world weary lips
2006-11-15 15:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between 'early Sartre' and 'later Sartre.' In later days, being influenced by Marx, he understood that humans were not completely free because of social circumstances in which humans are born.
When you look at 'early Sartre,' on the other hand, he's really saying that a human is free. He puts it this way: "Existence precedes Essence." In a nutshell, he's saying you're free to do anything and whatever that's holding you back is only in your mind.
The "annoying high falutin' rubbish" part is that because you're so free, there's no basis for making any decision. If you push this idea too far, then you may find it quite annoying or even "nauseating." But take it this way, you're free to do whatever you want, but that does not mean you cannot be held responsible; in fact, you'll be held responsible for everything you do. So be responsible or even careful when making a decision.
I prefer to see it that way...
2006-11-16 07:16:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...sarte is pretty good if you can understand it....too bad yo see some of it as rubbish. his idea of liberty is what follows from his idea that exxistence precedes essence. first you exist, then you choose your identity of who you are...and because you choose your identity called essence, then you are responsible for your life and if you don't like your life that's your ffault...because you chose it. later on he wasn't so strict about our free will being undeer all our control..he had a reality check and realized that some forces are uncontrollable and have an influence on our decisons.
2006-11-16 00:12:46 · answer #3 · answered by Iphul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not possible to be French, Communist AND Intelligent.
2006-11-16 00:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sartre was depersonalized - so was the lobster that lived in his non-existence.
2006-11-15 23:02:24 · answer #5 · answered by DingDong 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, that's "Freedom poop" you unpatriotic terrorist-lover!
2006-11-15 23:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poop-e head
2006-11-15 23:03:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋