EXISTENTIALISM and HUMAN EMOTIONS - by JEAN-PAUL SARTRE - philosophical library edition

Oct 13, 2026

A philosophical collection presenting Jean-Paul Sartre’s views on existentialism and human emotion, framed around the question of what it means to live in a universe without purpose. The text emphasizes personal responsibility for one’s actions, rejection of external values, and the idea that people choose values and thereby make themselves. It introduces Sartre’s intellectual context and organizes key themes including freedom and responsibility, the desire to be God, and related ethical and psychoanalytic implications.

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EXISTENTIALISM and HUMAN EMOTIONS

Existentialism

Freedom and Responsibility

The Desire to Be God

Existentialist Psychoanalysis

The Hole

Ethical Implications

JAKIKE EXISTENTIALISMand HumanEmotions emotions 2000114312 # EXISTENTIALISMand Human Emotions By JEAN-PAUL SARTRE Since the liberation of France,whenreports on life during the occupationbegan to appear in this country,Jean-Paul Sartre and his work have been thesubject of curiosity and even of a form-less kind of debate.People have ob-scurely sensed that Sartre is occupiedwith a philosophy that is immediatelyinvolved in the peculiar confusions thatbeset this generation in all aspects of itscivilization,the private as well as thepublic.The chief effort of this work isto face the implications for personalaction of a universe without purpose.That man is personally responsible forwhat he is and what he does;that thereare no values external to man and nogiven human nature which he is ob-liged to fulfll;that man chooses hisvalues and makes himself,and maytherefore choose to be a different personthis is the heart of Jean-Paul Sartre'sphilosophy. 825 | Date Due | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AG31'59 | 8°6
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丽AR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | # EXISTENTIALISMAND HUMAN EMOTIONS # EXISTENTIALISMandHUMAN EMOTIONS BYJEAN-PAUL SARTRE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARYNew York COPYRICHT 1957 BY PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY,INC.15 EAST 40TH STREET,NEW YORK 16,N.Y. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America 11| Sa77 The section on“Existentialism”is taken from the book of thatname,translated by Bernard Frechtman;all other selections arefrom Being and Nothingness,translated by Hazel E.Barnes. 4682.5 CONTENTS PAGEExistentialism9Freedom and ResponsibilityThe Desire to Be God 526o 63688491 The Desire to Be God (cont.)Existentialist PsychoanalysisThe HoleEthical Implications

FAQs

What is the central claim Sartre makes about personal responsibility?

Sartre argues that a person is personally responsible for what they are and what they do, with no external values imposing obligations.

What does Sartre say about human nature and external values?

There are no values external to man and no given human nature that one is obliged to fulfill; people choose their values and make themselves.

Which themes are included in the contents of the collection?

The contents list sections on Existentialism, Freedom and Responsibility, The Desire to Be God, Existentialist Psychoanalysis, The Hole, and Ethical Implications.

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