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According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that "Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself." For Sartre, this means not only that "man defines himself," but that prior to doing so he is indefinable "because at first he is nothing." No explanations can be made by reference to any fixed and given human nature. Not only is there no a prior meaning or value, but there is no universal or ready-made human nature or essence that can be revealed by any a prior theory of humanity or any religious interpretation that purports to speak of humanity prior to and apart from its actual existence. Hence, by existentialism Sartre means the doctrine "that existence precedes essence, or, if you prefer, that subjectivity must be the starting point. Subjectivity must be the point of departure because human beings are self-consciously problematic to themselves, because they are responsible for what they are, and because it is impossible for man to transcend human subjectivity

2007-02-02 03:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by smoothlova1 3 · 0 0

The concept is false observation of true reality. Human subjectivity adds colors and biases that prevents true connection to empirical existential experience. Does a person raised in devoid of the 5 human senses have rational thought?

2007-02-02 02:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by lightpulse 4 · 0 0

It depends..

2016-08-23 16:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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