Philosophy of Existentialism :: Papers

Philosophy of existentialismFrom what I understand reading Jean-Paul Sartres work the existentialist philosophy is philosophy that places emphasis on singular existence, subjectivism, and freedom of making choice. check to Sartre, Existentialism is philosophy that states that if God does not exist, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes essence. It seems that Sartres theory rests on this dissertation that existence precedes essence and therefore it should be basis for any further discussion or understanding of this philosophy. To move up this Sartre uses example of gay or human being, he says that man first exist, where he is nothing, and then afterwards he defines himself, where he himself will have made what he will be. So if I understand this correctly this means that you need to have existence in order to have essence, so there is no predetermined true thing, it has to already exist in order to become what it is. Therefore man is in full in charge of creati ng himself as a person, and creating his own future.Subjectivity is besides important to Existentialism, and by subjectivity Sartre means that while choosing his own self, man also rents all man. And he states this idea in this citation to choose to be this or that is to affirm at the same time the esteem of what we choose, because we displace never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all. Im not certain(p) if I can agree with this, because knowing myself, sometimes I consciously make decisions that I know are not good for everyone. merely what I think Sartre is trying to say is that those passionate choices and actions that every individual makes, are influencing choices and actions of others.Third and last thing that makes up my definition of the Existentialism is freedom of choice. The boy was faced with the choice of leaving for England joining the throw in French forces-that is, leaving his mother behind-or remaini ng with his mother and helping her to obligate on. He was fully aware that the woman lived only for him and that his going morose-and perchance his death-would plunge her into despair, whereas every effort he made toward going off and fighting was an uncertain move which might run aground and prove completely useless.