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Full Idea
Anguish is distinguished from fear in that fear is fear of being in the world whereas anguish is anguish before myself.
Gist of Idea
Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Being and Nothingness [1943], p.65), quoted by Kevin Aho - Existentialism: an introduction 5 'Radical'
Book Ref
Aho,Kevin: 'Existentialism: an introduction' [Polity 2014], p.73
A Reaction
I'm guessing that the anguish comes from the horror of the infinite choices available to me. Once you've made major life choices with full commitment (such as marriage), does that mean that existentialism becomes irrelevant?
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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] |