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    freedom and full capacity to determine its place in the world; 2) the individual as indefinable‚ as outside of all systems and totalities. The individual is only defined on the basis of what they do‚ and with each action they change who they are. For Sartre‚ at least‚ we can only define what a person is when they have died. Existentialism is said to begin with Soren Kierkegaard‚ who is a Christian existentialist. For Kierkegaard‚ the human individual is outside of all systems‚ and is irreducibly singular

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    Analysis of Bleach

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    (sometimes written NaOCl). Commercial bleaches are made by bubbling chlorine gas into a sodium hydroxide solution. Some of the chlorine is oxidized to the hypochlorite ion‚ ClO-‚ and some is reduced to the chloride ion‚ Cl-. The solution remains strongly basic. The chemical equation for the process is: Cl2(g) + 2 OH-(aq) ( ClO-(aq) + Cl-(aq) + H2O(l) The amount of hypochlorite ion present in a solution of bleach can be determined by an oxidation-reduction titration. One of the best

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    existentialism emerged from the critical time and place he was living in. “Hell is other people”‚ the famous quote from his renowned play “No Exit” can be attributed to the fact that France was occupied by Germany‚ and to the French people‚ including Sartre‚ it seemed like “hell”. As for the play “No Exit”‚ the ideas of existentialism were clearly portrayed and well explained by providing relevant examples‚ however‚ there were some weaknesses in his philosophy; hell is not always other people.

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    In the investigation of existentialism and its relevant philosophical ideas‚ I got impressed by those constructed men‚ resembling anti-heroes quite different from the traditional heroes‚ in those texts‚ Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre‚ The Stanger and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus‚ The Ga Science by Friedrich Nietzsche‚ Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ and The laws of God‚ the laws of man by A.E. Housman‚ which portray man as bereft of the traditional guideposts

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    his philosophy is still existential and influenced later existentialists‚ such as Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre‚ who were atheists. Existentialism emphasizes mankind’s state of being‚ and their need to explain the world around them‚ while at the same time not understanding it. This idea led to absurdism which stresses the absurdity that exists between man and the world. The

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    Absolute idealism was a huge part of Western culture but through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the greatest political movement took place. Marxism was this great political movement. The movement had an affect on theology and art. Jean-Paul Sartre‚ a continental philosopher who lived in the nineteenth century was an existentialist. Some of the main themes of extentialism are: • Traditional and academic philosophy is sterile and remote from the concerns of real life. • Philosophy must focus

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    revolt against it nor resign myself to it." – Jean-Paul Sartre‚ page 2104 Upon reading Sartre’s literary work‚ Being and Nothingness‚ one can come to a conclusion that his effort is simply based around the theory that we are all "condemned to be free." With this said‚ it is obvious that I seriously do believe in this aspect of Sartre’s speculation. Furthermore‚ this sense of being "free" attaches itself‚ to oneself‚ and becomes what Sartre considered "a burden of our total responsibility." I feel

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    ------------------------------------------------- Essentialism vs. Existentialism "Essentialism": A belief that things have a set of characteristics that make them what they are‚ & that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery & expression; the doctrine that essence is prior to existence While‚ "Existentialism":A philosophical theory or approach‚ that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free & responsible

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    determinism. Existentialism greatly supports free will‚ the idea that we are responsible in ourselves for our moral behaviour and it is our choices and actions that give us purpose. “It is only in our decisions that we are important.” Jean-Paul Sartre was a great believer in this: that everything depends on the individual and the meaning he gives to his life. He argued that all physical objects have an essence that

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    Existentialism The term existentialism has been applied to the human subject in all aspects of the individual. Through the ideas of existentialism‚ philosophers have looked at the existence of the human being. An existential attitude of the world is one of confusion and belief in a meaningless world. The beliefs of existentialism came about as a complete change from the beliefs of periods like the Romantic period. This philosophical view of life came about in the 19th century. These ideas

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