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The Myth of Sisyphus

Existentialism Central Tenet: Existence precedes essence There is no universal objective conception of humanity that precedes the historic existence we encounter in our experience

Subjectivism Objects: essence precedes existence Subjects: existence precedes essence This implies ultimate responsibility for subjects

Subjectivism Two Senses 1. The individual is free 2. Subjectivity is human subjectivity and the individual cannot get beyond that

Subjectivity = Human Subjectivity In choosing x I am choosing for all of humanity Choice=Value If I choose x, I choose this world to be one in which there is an x, which means I choose an Xworld, given I have the power to make the world an Xworld and given you live in the world, I am choosing for you to live in an Xworld

Man is Condemned to be Free Freedom is a kind of burden; a heavy responsibility Abandonment; anguish; acting without hope I am the sum of my actions, my willings, my choices

Is Man Condemned to be Alone? Only one certain truth: Cartesian cogito Dignity: This is what distinguishes man from the stone

No universal essence that is human nature but something universally human: the human condition

Existentialism is a Humanism 1.The belief that Man is the end-in-itself and the supreme value 2.Existential Humanism: the belief in the relation of the transcendence of Man with his subjectivity