Questions to take notes on for the "Existentialism" reading due on Tuesday

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Existentialism

Notes

Directions: Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences. Be as complete, specific and detailed as possible in your answers.

 

1. What does Sartre mean when he says that “existence precedes essence?”

 

 

2. How does the existential view of the world differ from the god-centered (i.e. medieval) view of the world?

 

 

 

3. What are existential ethics? Explain what it means to behave ethically in an existential world.

 

4. What is forlornness? Anguish? (They are not the same)

 

 

 

5. What is an existentialist’ view of human nature?

 

 

5. What does Sartre mean when he says that “man is condemned to be free?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. What are the implications of an existential world view?

 

 

 

7. How does/could the philosophy affect the acts of  reading and writing? (Remember to consider reading and writing as more than literal...more like interpreting and constructing meaning in all circumstances).