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Single Idea 3847
[filed under theme 16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 4. Persons as Agents
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Full Idea
Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions.
Gist of Idea
Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.41)
Book Ref
Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'Existentialism and Humanism', ed/tr. Mairet,Philip [Methuen 1980], p.41
A Reaction
This might be plausible if unperformed actions are included. For some people, their whole life story consists of what they failed to do.
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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