“ A projection of the self on the margin of being can in no way constitute itself as the nihilation of this being. Freedom is the escape from an engagement in being; it is the nihilation of a being which it is. This does not mean that human-reality exists first , to be free subsequently . ”
Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (1943). copy citation
Author | Jean-Paul Sartre |
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Source | Being and Nothingness |
Topic | freedom reality |
Date | 1943 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Hazel E. Barnes |
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