The existentialist, frankly, states that man is in anguish. His meaning is as follows: When a man commits himself to anything, fully realizing that he is thereby at the time, a legislator deciding for the whole of man kind, human kind. In such a moment, a man cannot escape from the sense of complete and profound responsibility. But i just don't get it either. Why? Like, why are they lying? It's true, te not every you will do it. I alwaystik, where's the lie there? That's alli like, i get that you might be lying to yourself if you think, no, you know, lik, i was determined
David and Tamler don black turtlenecks and light up a couple of Gauloises to talk about Jean Paul Sartre's classic essay “Existentialism is a Humanism.” Why are choices so fundamental to our experience? What does Sartre mean when he says that “existence precedes essence”? Why does he try to shoehorn universalizability into a view that’s clearly hostile to it?
Plus, how much free time is good for you? Is that even the right question?
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