Jean-Paul Sartre §

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• Marxism: While initially influenced by Marxism, Sartre later became critical of certain aspects of Marxist thought.
• Phenomenology: Jean-Paul Sartre was influenced by Husserl and Heidegger and developed existential phenomenology, emphasizing human freedom and responsibility.
• Simone de Beauvoir: Simone de Beauvoir was a close friend and intellectual companion of Sartre, and they were both influential existentialist philosophers.
• Freedom: Sartre emphasized the radical freedom of human beings and the responsibility that comes with it.
• Phenomenology: Sartre’s philosophy was influenced by the phenomenological tradition, particularly the work of Edmund Husserl.
• Responsibility: Sartre believed that humans are radically free and therefore responsible for their choices and actions.
• Absurdism: Sartre’s ideas on the absurdity of human existence influenced the absurdist movement, which included writers like Albert Camus.
• Phenomenology: Sartre’s existential phenomenology explored themes of freedom, responsibility, and the human condition.
• Bad Faith: Sartre introduced the concept of ‘bad faith,’ which refers to self-deception and the denial of one’s freedom.
• Engagement: Sartre advocated for an engaged philosophy and literature that addressed social and political issues.
• Subjectivity: Sartre’s philosophy emphasized the primacy of subjective experience and the individual’s perspective.
• Facticity: Facticity refers to the concrete, given circumstances that individuals must confront and make choices within, according to Sartre.
• Humanism: Sartre developed a form of existentialist humanism, which emphasized human freedom and responsibility.
• Transcendence: Sartre explored the idea of transcendence, which involves going beyond one’s current situation or limitations.
• Existentialism: Sartre was a leading proponent and philosopher of existentialism.
• Albert Camus: Camus and Sartre were contemporaries and both influential existentialist thinkers, although they had philosophical differences.
• Authenticity: Sartre advocated for authenticity, which involves embracing one’s freedom and taking responsibility for one’s choices.
• Consciousness: Sartre’s analysis of consciousness and its relationship to being was a central aspect of his existentialist philosophy.
• Nausea (novel): Sartre’s novel ‘Nausea’ explores existentialist themes such as the contingency of existence and the search for meaning.
• Radical Freedom: Sartre’s concept of radical freedom posits that humans are entirely free and responsible for their choices and actions.
• Being and Nothingness: Sartre’s seminal work ‘Being and Nothingness’ is a major text in existentialist philosophy.