Philosophical
Why You Are Condemned to Be Free
Most people think freedom is a gift. Sartre saw it as a burden we cannot escape. There is no predetermined essence, no divine plan, no fixed human nature to guide us. We exist first, then we must create who we are through our choices.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.— Jean-Paul Sartre
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The thinker
Existentialist Pioneer
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, and novelist who became one of the key figures in 20th-century existentialism and phenomenology.
Based on Existentialism Is a Humanism, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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