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...
Heidegger: Possibilities and Ways of Freedom
Heidegger constantly thinks toward toward freedom. Freedom is questioned, approached, and investigated everywhere in his writings and lectures.
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...
Camus on Religion: “Living Without Appeal”
The question concerning religion lies at the heart of the existential thinking of Camus. This is because Camus’s...
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...
Heidegger on Angst (Anxiety, Dread, or Anguish)
Angst is a mood that individualizes Dasein by proving that social relations and determined roles can never make...
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...
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...
Simone de Beauvoir on Woman as Other
The entire existential thinking-philosophizing of de Beauvoir arises from, revolves around, critiques, and argues against the problem of...
The Roots of Existentialism: Socrates
Between existentialism and the thinking-philosophizing of Socrates, there is a relatedness; that is, there are similarities, continuities, and...
Sartre: Committed Writing and Changing the World
For Sartre, committed writing aims at changing the world by disclosing it and by asking and investigating the...
Plato on Self-Knowledge: How Could One Know Oneself?
The thinking-philosophizing of Plato is held together by a demand for self-knowledge, by a demand for knowing oneself,...
Sartre’s Denial of Human Nature
The existentialism of Sartre arises from the conviction that there is no human nature. “Existence precedes essence” conveys...
Heidegger on Authenticity: Realizing Finitude
Heidegger thinks the authenticity and inauthenticity of Dasein from out of a specific relatedness into which he places...
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...
Simone de Beauvoir on Freedom and the Situation
The situation of children is where Simone de Beauvoir begins her discussion and analysis of freedom and the...