Existentialism and Human Emotion (A Philosophical Library Book)
In this provocative philosophical analysis, Jean-Paul Sartre refutes the idea that existentialism drains meaning from human life, by claiming that the philosophy instead gives man total freedom to achieve his own significance
Sartre€s Existentialism and Human Emotions is a stirring defense of existentialist thought, which argues that €œexistence precedes essence.€ While attacks on existentialism claim that the philosophy leads to a kind of nihilistic gloom, Sartre contends that instead existentialism is the only path toward giving man meaning. Sartre ultimately argues that by the very absence of €œa priori meaning,€ an individual can discover and shape his or her own significance and place in the world.
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Sartre turns the typical nihilistic definition of existentialism on its head in this optimistic take on his best-known theory.
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TitleExistentialism and Human Emotion (A Philosophical Library Book)
