Sartre theorized that all meaning in the world is self applied and therefore false. He backed up this idea by writing plays that worked out in completely unintended, and counter intuitive, ways for their protagonists.
My thought is that yes sometimes things don't work out the way we expect, but most of the time they do. That is why we make such assumptions of meaning.
As Sartre backed up his ideas with examples I will do the same. Think if a highway. Hundreds of us humans driving at speeds well beyond anything we can realistically live through in tons of mettle plastic and fire. If we were really so alienated from one-another I don't think such a thing would be possible.
Rather I theorize that multiple subjects have the ability to actually communicate and connect in meaningful ways.
What are your thoughts on this?
2006-12-07 03:46:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
With all due respect to M Sartre, I submit that we are not as alienated as he suggests, despite his renown and his ideas and his examples.
Man is a complicated being who, above all else, desires - if not moreso - needs the company of others to feel 'good'. It is an inherent quality in us all. Yes, We want quiet time and 'space', as we say sometimes but, don't ever dispute the fact that we need others to exist in this cold, cruel world. We all were put here - together - for that exact purpose. Not to be aliens among ourselves!
In your penultimate paragraph, you expressed a perfect example of why Sartre was/is not correct in his theory that all meaning in the world is self-applied and therefore false.
And that is no mere theory!
2006-12-07 05:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says we work well together?
Nobody I know. People don't even like TRAVELLING to work together, packed into trains like sardines, making sure you're pocket isn't being picked while trying to protect your space.
And think about what people do when they acquire money: they build a big wall around their home and cut themselves off from everybody else.
Humans dislike each, always have, but pretend otherwise for social gain.
2006-12-07 12:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by Panama Jack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or...
humanoids have had millions of years of social interaction...
so it is not unreasonable that we can "work" together, operate tools/run machinery/use technology fairly smoothly
however, as sentient beings, humans are relatively "young" ...maybe only now just coming out of infancy and into adolescence....which would explain the self serving, self absorbed, "hell is other people" [mental] attitude
genetics win...
2006-12-07 12:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Self-interest is a powerful force. We work so well together because most of us prefer not meet our end in a fiery metallic crash.
2006-12-07 11:55:09 · answer #4 · answered by monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that people just get lost in civilization. It changes people a lot.
2006-12-07 11:49:39 · answer #5 · answered by sterces518255 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't play poker with just one person.
2006-12-07 12:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋