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Single Idea 3844
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
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Full Idea
Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself. This is the first principle of existentialism.
Gist of Idea
Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself
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
Related Idea
Idea 23718
If we say birds of prey could become lambs, that makes them responsible for being birds of prey [Nietzsche]
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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