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Ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, by Text
[French, 1905 - 1980, Born and died in Paris. Fought in French resistance. Lifelong partner of Simone de Beauvoir.]
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1937
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Transcendence of the Ego
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p.24
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22226
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Since we are a consciousness, Sartre entirely rejected the unconscious mind [Daigle]
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Intro
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p.1
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7106
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The Ego is not formally or materially part of consciousness, but is outside in the world
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Conc (1)
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p.45
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7125
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A consciousness can conceive of no other consciousness than itself
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I (A)
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p.6
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7108
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The eternal truth of 2+2=4 is what gives unity to the mind which regularly thinks it
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I (A)
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p.6
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7107
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Intentionality defines, transcends and unites consciousness
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I (A)
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p.6
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7109
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If you think of '2+2=4' as the content of thought, the self must be united transcendentally
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I (A)
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p.7
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7111
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Consciousness exists as consciousness of itself
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I (A)
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p.7
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7110
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If the 'I' is transcendental, it unnecessarily splits consciousness in two
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I (B)
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p.10
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7113
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Phenomenology assumes that all consciousness is of something
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I (B)
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p.10
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7114
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The consciousness that says 'I think' is not the consciousness that thinks
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I (B)
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p.10
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7112
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The Cogito depends on a second-order experience, of being conscious of consciousness
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I (B)
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p.11
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7115
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Maybe it is the act of reflection that brings 'me' into existence
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I (B)
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p.13
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7116
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When we are unreflective (as when chasing a tram) there is no 'I'
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I (B)
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p.15
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7117
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How could two I's, the reflective and the reflected, communicate with each other?
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II (B)
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p.27
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7119
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Is the Cogito reporting an immediate experience of doubting, or the whole enterprise of doubting?
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II (D)
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p.31
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7120
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It is theoretically possible that the Ego consists entirely of false memories
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II (D)
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p.36
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7121
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The Ego only appears to reflection, so it is cut off from the World
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II (D)
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p.37
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7122
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We can never, even in principle, grasp other minds, because the Ego is self-conceiving
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II (D)
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p.38
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7123
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Knowing yourself requires an exterior viewpoint, which is necessarily false
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II (D)
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p.39
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7124
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The Ego never appears except when we are not looking for it
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p.104
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p.23
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22225
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My ego is more intimate to me, but not more certain than other egos
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1939
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Sketch for Theory of Emotions
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p.36
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20491
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States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Wolff,J]
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1943
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Being and Nothingness
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p.4
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6151
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Sartre says consciousness is just directedness towards external objects [Rowlands]
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p.32
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22227
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For Sartre there is only being for-itself, or being in-itself (which is beyond experience) [Daigle]
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p.44
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22228
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Sartre's freedom is not for whimsical action, but taking responsibility for our own values [Daigle]
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p.76
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6164
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Sartre rejects mental content, and the idea that the mind has hidden inner features [Rowlands]
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p.101
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20760
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Sincerity is not authenticity, because it only commits to one particular identity [Aho]
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IV.2.III
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p.636
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7074
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Man is a useless passion
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p.4-5
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p.28
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20743
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Appearances do not hide the essence; appearances are the essence
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p.488
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p.79
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22233
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Love is the demand to be loved
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p.556?
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p.80
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6687
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Man is the desire to be God
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p.65
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p.73
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20755
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Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self
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p.82
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p.61
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22231
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We flee from the anguish of freedom by seeing ourselves objectively, as determined
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1945
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Existentialism and Humanism
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p.222
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6868
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'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence [Le Poidevin]
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p.26
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p.26
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3842
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Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective)
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p.28
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p.28
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3844
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Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself
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p.28
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p.28
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3843
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There is no human nature
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p.293
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p.108
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20764
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In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be
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p.296
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p.103
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20762
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There are no values to justify us, and no excuses
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p.305
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p.65
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20754
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It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse
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p.306
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p.108
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20763
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else
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p.33
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p.33
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3845
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Without God there is no intelligibility or value
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p.34
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p.34
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3846
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Man IS freedom
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p.35
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p.50
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22229
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Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves
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p.35-9
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p.61
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6571
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help [Fogelin]
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p.41
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p.41
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3847
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Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions
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p.42
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p.42
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3848
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Cowards are responsible for their cowardice
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p.48
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p.48
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3851
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice
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p.51
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p.51
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3852
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If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values
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p.90
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p.70
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22232
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Authenticity is taking responsibility for a situation, with all its risks and emotions
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p.57
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22230
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Sartre gradually realised that freedom is curtailed by the weight of situation [Daigle]
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1953
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The Communists and Peace
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final part
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p.271
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21240
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The truth about events always comes from the oppressed and disadvantaged [Bakewell]
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