Single Idea 3843

[catalogued under 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 Reference

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


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?