Jean Paul Sartre is one of the key figures in the philosophy of Existentialism, which emphasises the existence of the individual or human subject who faces existential angst in an apparently absurd world.   

This episode explores his main ideas including: Nausea, the Absurdity of the World, Existence precedes Essence, Freedom, Bad Faith and The Look, among others.  Sartre had a great influence on many areas of modern thought. A writer of prodigious brilliance and originality. He worked in many different genres: as a philosopher, a novelist, and a cultural critic.   

Sartre is credited for revivifying and popularising Existentialism to the world after it had remained quite stagnant since the death of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.   

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⌛ Timestamps (0:00) Introduction (3:50) Nausea (5:08) The Absurdity of the World (5:57) Existence precedes Essence (8:31) Freedom and Responsibility (11:35) Bad Faith (13:08) Being and Nothingness (14:42) The Being For-itself and The Being In-itself (16:27) The Being For-Others (16:53) The Look (18:31) Hell is Other People (19:19) Why You Should Read Sartre