Human, All Too Human (BBC) - Jean Paul Sartre: Part 1
BackHuman, All Too Human (BBC) - Jean Paul Sartre
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Uploaded: August 5, 2007 at 4:24 am
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Tags: BBC Friedrich Nietzsche Martin Heidegger Soren Kierkegaard Jean Paul Sartre Albert Camus existentialism exisistential
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purplestoner (November 22, 2008 at 9:42 am)
when did the BBC air all these philosophy documentaries?
kellymich (November 21, 2008 at 12:38 pm)
I wouldn't argue with this point... the need to shed the fetters that society binds us with in order that we can "be ourselves"...
It seems to me that the man who rediscovers how to "be himself" (can one's self every really be lost ?) does not have to be the lonliest man... he may be, but it is not necessarily a given.
It seems to me that the man who rediscovers how to "be himself" (can one's self every really be lost ?) does not have to be the lonliest man... he may be, but it is not necessarily a given.
broadheadg (September 13, 2008 at 6:03 pm)
Michele Vian was the Boris Vian wife!!! JE T'AIME BORIS TU NOUS MANQUE!!!
jdk209 (September 12, 2008 at 3:42 am)
He was critical of the English. He Called them profoundly normal.
kellymich (September 5, 2008 at 2:24 am)
Is there anything more to this man than philosophical errors, hubris and petty politics ? Give me nietszche, emerson, and schopenhaur any day over this disagreeable little man. Freedom from all constraints is a child's conception of freedom—freedom within natural law is the only freedom possible... and the "ability to choose" whatever we want is the age old error of free will. As a philospher he is sloppy... and his politics are only acceptable if you happen to be on his little shelf.
bradominus (September 13, 2008 at 12:10 am)
I think you've oversimplified Sartre. Freedom, or free will, is alive and well. We have choice at any given moment, which is distinct from decision, which is based on criteria. This is not an ethical phenomenon, it is a metaphysical/spiritual one. Nietzsche and Emerson would have loved Sartre. Forget Schopenhauer - too pessimistic...
kellymich (November 7, 2008 at 6:46 pm)
Well bradominus, I don't mean to oversimplify him, as you say... you tube allows only short comments.
Both Emerson and Nietzsche wrote extensively on the age old subject of free will and unfree will. And to my mind, were much more profound regarding the subject.
I almost find it advisable to put on gloves while reading or listening to Sartre...whether it is his politics or his philosophy... maybe I am mistaken, but I find very little worth in Sartre-- to put it politely.
Both Emerson and Nietzsche wrote extensively on the age old subject of free will and unfree will. And to my mind, were much more profound regarding the subject.
I almost find it advisable to put on gloves while reading or listening to Sartre...whether it is his politics or his philosophy... maybe I am mistaken, but I find very little worth in Sartre-- to put it politely.
7CATALYST25 (September 27, 2008 at 5:04 pm)
You fail to comprehend the greater meaning of being "Condemned to freedom" : We are accountable for our actions and inactions, not society, not God, not your commanding officer, fate, destiny etc... and as such, we have an obligation to better ourselves and our species, and our world because we -the individual and no one else- are responsible for them.
josesilva9910 (November 6, 2008 at 6:19 pm)
The only way to be free,is by freeing yourself from society.Only alone one can be himself.The most honest and true man in the world is also the loneliest one.
taratasarar (July 16, 2008 at 6:54 am)
Exactly my point evelsteev, It's still an action, it's still something we do, ergo doing something.
..but this seems to boil down to sementics.
How do you define a person if he's capable of not doing anything. Do you take all bodily action in to consideration? To breath, to digest, to regenerate etc. This is something we do.
..but this seems to boil down to sementics.
How do you define a person if he's capable of not doing anything. Do you take all bodily action in to consideration? To breath, to digest, to regenerate etc. This is something we do.