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...
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 Bad Faith: Against Sartre?
Investigating and questioning the possibilities and limits of bad faith lie at the heart of the existential thinking-philosophizing...
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...
Sartre on Existentialism in Existentialism Is a Humanism
In Existentialism Is a Humanism, Sartre introduces the detours of his existentialism by bringing existentialism and humanism together...
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 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...
What Does Sartre Mean by “Transcendence”?
Transcendence occurs because the “for-itself”, that is, consciousness, is a nothingness. Consciousness, for Sartre, is what it is...
What Did Sartre Say About the body?
The body is not a tool that the individual might use, but rather the center and origin of...
Sartre on Anguish: “We Are Anguish”
Sartre defines consciousness as nothingness and nothingness as freedom. It is in this togetherness of consciousness and freedom...
What Does Sartre Mean by “Being in-Itself”?
In Being and Nothingness, Sartre refuses any dualistic thinking of the world, and introduces what he calls “being...