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Single Idea 22229
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Full Idea
What the existentialist says is that the coward makes himself cowardly, that the hero makes himself heroic.
Gist of Idea
Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.35), quoted by Christine Daigle - Jean-Paul Sartre 2.3
Book Ref
Daigle,Christine: 'Jean-Paul Sartre' [Routledge 2010], p.50
A Reaction
A nice statement of the existential plasticity of the self, in opposition to the much stronger concept of human nature in Aristotle (who nevertheless believes you can acquire virtues and vices).
The
16 ideas
from 'Existentialism and Humanism'
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6868
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'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence
[Sartre, by Le Poidevin]
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3842
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Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective)
[Sartre]
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3844
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Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself
[Sartre]
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3843
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There is no human nature
[Sartre]
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20764
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In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be
[Sartre]
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20762
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There are no values to justify us, and no excuses
[Sartre]
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20754
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It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse
[Sartre]
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20763
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else
[Sartre]
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3845
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Without God there is no intelligibility or value
[Sartre]
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3846
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Man IS freedom
[Sartre]
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22229
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Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves
[Sartre]
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6571
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help
[Sartre, by Fogelin]
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3847
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Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions
[Sartre]
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3848
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Cowards are responsible for their cowardice
[Sartre]
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3851
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice
[Sartre]
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3852
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If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values
[Sartre]
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