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Single Idea 3843

[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature ]

Full Idea

There is no human nature.

Gist of Idea

There is no human nature

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.28)

Book Ref

Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'Existentialism and Humanism', ed/tr. Mairet,Philip [Methuen 1980], p.28

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A Reaction

Everything which can be individuated has a nature, say I, wearing my Aristotelian lapel badge. Does he think the same of cats? Does he think the mind is a blank page?