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Old Mar 04, 2012, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by di meliora View Post
Sartre sets out a phenomenological ontology which describes in chilling detail the absurd nothingness of human existence. There is no human nature, no essence. We are literally no-thing, and thus are always in the process of creating ourselves, never finished, never justified, condemned to accept complete responsibility for what we do on earth, so radically free that we find ourselves in charge of creating the very values that will guide us into and through a world with others. http://www.erraticimpact.com/philoso...tails.cfm?ID=8

I am done with this thread. When I am reminded of this quote it is time to leave: “The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world” ~Max Born

You have much to offer the world. I wish you well.
While Sartre does say that, he also claims that we are naturally responsible for each others' decisions. How are we inherently malleable, yet inherently responsible, simultaneously? I have a collection of his writings, from which I can quote.
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