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Tolstoy is not fully associated with existentialism, although in his work many existential themes are expressed. Tolstoy’s (1993) ‘How much land does a man need?’ looks into the existential idea of authenticity in relation to land ownership. Sartre is a major part of the existential discipline, with two important works which are ‘Existentialism and Humanism’ (2007) and ‘Being and Nothingness’ (1969). Sartre (1969) suggests the idea of bad faith, which is where an individual denies their freedom and acts in...
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Consciousness must be embodied in order to be tied to the physical world. Missing either would leave someone disembodied. This idea’s significance in Sartre’s portrayal of bad faith is that someone in bad faith made a conscious choice to be there but pushes reality to the subconscious, mixing the two. Bad faith connects to Sartre’s beliefs about freedom because when someone is in bad faith, they are not free, but are also applying their freedom by engaging in choice. This...
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Everyone has the same ability to accept or deny who they are. But according to French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), there is a specific habit that all human beings do constantly, and that habit is to deny and deceive ourselves. We keep ourselves from thinking that we have the freedom to make decisions because there is a chance that we are going to get a negative consequence from what we decide to do. Sartre coins this as “mauvaise foi”, or...
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