In Being and Nothingness, Sartre says that “man is a useless passion”: An acknowledgment of the human condition...
Explaining Sartre’s “Transcendence-Transcended”
In Sartre’s existentialism, “transcendence-transcended” is a mode of being. The human being is a transcendence, an entity that...
Sartre’s Existentialism, Poststructuralism, and the Subject
It is often assumed that existentialism and “poststructuralism” think differently toward the subject and its place in thought...
Sartre and Marxism: The Problem of Freedom
Sartre, in his later work, attempts to bring his version of existentialism together with Marxism. This attempt is...
Phenomenology; Briefly Explained
Phenomenology is a radical and anti-traditional way of philosophizing. That it is a way of doing philosophy indicates...
Existentialism and Sexual Difference: Sexism and Failures
A critique that is often directed toward existentialism is that it ignores sexual difference either by leaving it...
Sartre on Consciousness: “There Is Consciousness”
Firstly, the realization that there is consciousness. Secondly, discovering what is not consciousness, which is the world. Finally,...
De Beauvoir on Death: Between Sartre and Heidegger
Between de Beauvoir and death, there is a non-simple relatedness, in which Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and Heidegger’s...
Sartre’s Atheism: Philosophical and Personal
Sartre’s atheism is radical; it is philosophical and personal, ontological and subjective, phenomenological and poetic; it is the...
Sartre’s Denial of Human Nature
The existentialism of Sartre arises from the conviction that there is no human nature. “Existence precedes essence” conveys...
Sartre on Authenticity: Acknowledging Freedom
In the ethical-existential thinking-philosophizing of Sartre, authenticity is offered not as a mere value, but rather as a...
Sartre on God: Impossible and a Dream
The assumption that there exists a God, a conscious God that preceded and created the universe is something...
Explaining Sartre’s “Hell Is Other People”
Sartre’s “hell is other people” means that it is hell to exist subject to, awaiting, and controlled by...
Sartre on Death in Being and Nothingness
In Being and Nothingness, Sartre criticizes Heidegger’s conception of death in Being and Time and offers his own...
What Does Sartre Mean by “Bad Faith”?
Bad faith lies at the heart of the existentialism of Sartre. It appears early in Being and Nothingness...
Explaining Sartre’s “Existence Precedes Essence”
“Existence precedes essence” was first mentioned in a public lecture that was later published as Existentialism Is a...
Sartre on Freedom, Condemnation, and the Situation
For Sartre, freedom and responsibility are linked in such a way that places them in a constant relatedness...
Sartre: Solipsism, the Problem of Other Minds, and the Look
In Being and Nothingness, Sartre attempts to overcome solipsism by proving the existence of other minds through his...
Sartre on the Contingency of Being
For Sartre, the contingency of being means existing without ever finding the reason for this existence and hence...
Sartre’s “Being For-Itself”: What Does It Mean?
For Sartre, there are two modes of being: “Being in-itself” and “Being for-itself”. “Being for-itself” is the mode...