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[from 'Existentialism and Humanism' by Jean-Paul Sartre, in 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will ]

Full Idea

There is no determinism - man is free, man IS freedom. …Man is condemned to be free.

Gist of Idea

Man IS freedom

Source

Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.34)

Book Reference

Sartre,Jean-Paul: 'Existentialism and Humanism', ed/tr. Mairet,Philip [Methuen 1980], p.34