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Episode 222: Choosing Sartre for All Mankind
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Length:
98 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
David and Tamler don black turtlenecks and light up a couple of Gauloises to talk about Jean Paul Sartre's classic essay “Existentialism is a Humanism.” Why are choices so fundamental to our experience? What does Sartre mean when he says that “existence precedes essence”? Why does he try to shoehorn universalizability into a view that’s clearly hostile to it?
Plus, how much free time is good for you? Is that even the right question?
Plus, how much free time is good for you? Is that even the right question?
Released:
Oct 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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