Sartre

What is a being for-itself?

-Humans -the being of consciousness

What equals a human's essence?

-Transcendent ego (underlying human thought) and facticity

What is the final option for avoiding anguish?

-accept that you are free -decisions you make are your own - one is completely responsible for one's own choices

"existence precedes essence"

-atheistic existentialism -if god does not exists there must be at least one being whose existence comes before its essence -man exists and surges up int the world and then defines himself afterwards -man will be what he makes of himself

What is anguish?

-consciousness of our freedom -our existential realization of what we could choose and that we must choose from these possibilities

Sartre's belief on essence in relation to humans.

-for Sartre there is no static essence for humans -we all have individual uniqueness (weather it be part of our essence established up until now or what we create in the future) -we all must chose our own way

What does Sartre conclude about the meaning of life?

-it is subjective -man propels himself towards a future and is intentionally conscious of what he is doing -each man chooses for himself the life he wants to lead -each man creates their own essence

What is a being in-itself?

-objects -thing we experience (trees)

"essence precedes existence"

-production precedes existence ex: -Artisan makes scissors with a preconceived idea of what its purpose will be -god creates man with a preconceived conception of man's existence

What is despair?

-relying only on our own efforts -when I choose, I choose for all -reliance upon that which is within our wills

What is the significance of abandonment, despair, and anguish?

-shows that man is completely in charge of his own choices and subsequent consequences -there are no excuses -even when man choses not to act, he is still choosing

What is a facticity? example....

-the part of a person that already has an essence -what a human being has established up until now ex: I am a writer or I have lived in 10 states

What is Transcendence?

-the part of a person who will create his or her future/potential essence -ex: I am becoming a writer/actor/singer

What is abandonment?

-the realization that god does not exist -leaves man without an excuse for deciding their existence -we ourselves decide our being

Why are human beings different from one another?

-we are transcended from the same essence but... -everything is changing which creates our own facticities

What is the order of the paragraphs...

1. Define meaning and proposal 2. intentional consciousness ("E/existence, in-for itself) 3. two types of existentialists 4. essence / facticity / transcendence 5. abandonment / despair / anguish 6. conclusion (subjective / objective)

What concept informs the difference between human "Beings" and the "being" of other objects?

Intentional consciousness

What does Sartre propose?

The term "Existence" should be reserved for human beings

What is intentionality/ intentional consciousness

awareness of our own consciousness

What are the two types of existentialist?

essence precedes existence existence precede essence

What type of existentialist is Sartre?

existence precedes essence

For Sartre there is no...

human nature because we all have individual uniqueness

What is required to understand for all of Sartre's beliefs?

intentional consciousness

How does Sartre view meaning?

meaning is created by us and not innate

define Human Existence

something besides our physical bodies that makes us "persons"