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Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre — WisdomDeck honest review
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Existentialism Is a Humanism

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Sartre's 1945 lecture defending existentialism: existence precedes essence, we are condemned to be free, and responsibility is total. The clearest statement he made.

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  1. Existence precedes essence.
  2. You are what you do.
  3. Condemned to be free.

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Sartre, clearly.

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