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Full Idea
We reject the dualism of appearance and essence. The appearance does not hide the essence, it reveals it; it is the essence.
Gist of Idea
Appearances do not hide the essence; appearances are the essence
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Being and Nothingness [1943], p.4-5), quoted by Kevin Aho - Existentialism: an introduction 2 'Phenomenology'
Book Ref
Aho,Kevin: 'Existentialism: an introduction' [Polity 2014], p.28
A Reaction
This idea, expressed in the language of Hegel and Husserl, strikes me as the same as the analytic phenomenalism of Mill and Ayer. Hence I take it to be wrong.
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| 6151 | Sartre says consciousness is just directedness towards external objects [Sartre, by Rowlands] |
| 6164 | Sartre rejects mental content, and the idea that the mind has hidden inner features [Sartre, by Rowlands] |
| 22228 | Sartre's freedom is not for whimsical action, but taking responsibility for our own values [Sartre, by Daigle] |
| 20760 | Sincerity is not authenticity, because it only commits to one particular identity [Sartre, by Aho] |
| 7074 | Man is a useless passion [Sartre] |
| 20743 | Appearances do not hide the essence; appearances are the essence [Sartre] |
| 22233 | Love is the demand to be loved [Sartre] |
| 6687 | Man is the desire to be God [Sartre] |
| 20755 | Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self [Sartre] |
| 22231 | We flee from the anguish of freedom by seeing ourselves objectively, as determined [Sartre] |