Existentialism and Human Emotion (A Philosophical Library Book)

Existentialism and Human Emotion (A Philosophical Library Book)

<DIV><DIV><B>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 </B><BR /><BR /> Sartre€s <I>Existentialism and Human Emotions</I> 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.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Sartre turns the typical nihilistic definition of existentialism on its head in this optimistic take on his best-known theory.</DIV><DIV> </DIV></DIV><BR />