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Research On Sartre’s Theroy Of "Existentialism Is A Humanism"

Posted on:2013-05-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J J PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330395952171Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Humanitarian (humanism), Humanitas this word comes from Latin, and means"it was sexual, personality, and love and friendship" means. The humanitarian fromthe humanistic point of view, promote the value and dignity of the person.Humanitarianism occurs very early in the history of the West, if you trulyinvestigate humanitarian source, can be traced back to ancient Greece Rome, ancienttimes. Humanitarian is fundamentally about human nature, the definition of humanity.Prepare the premise of this is all theories in Western philosophy. From ancient timesto the present, on the definition of human nature, many of the philosophers from theirperspective to make the similarities or differences in definition. Ancient GreeceRoman period in the development of the Sage School of philosophy first expoundedthe humanitarian-related ideas. Protagoras famous propositions of "man is themeasure of all things" as representative of this trend. With the advent of14,15thcentury Renaissance, ancient Greece Rome after reconstruction and developmenthumanitarian thought, gradually evolved into rational humanism of the Enlightenment,which is later, predecessor of the modern philosophy of traditional humanitarianism.The outbreak of the second world war, on the reality directly concluded in moderntimes as an ethical philosophy of the old traditional humanitarian principles andvalues. Western humanism began to focus more on the General humanitarian spiritand ideas. Seeking a realization of universal values and the dignity of the person,freedom of humanitarian values. Sartre’s Existentialism humanitarian came into being.Traditional humanitarian and Sartre’s humanitarian are fundamentally different.First of all, this difference is reflected in the attributes of human nature on thedefinition of. Traditional nature of humanitarian thought to exist, human nature is theessence of a priori. Such determinism is the theory Foundation of Western philosophyof human nature. Modern Western philosophy advocating rational, rationalism hasbeen living in the rule. But after the second world war, has recovered from a relianceon rational, they face the reality of suffering, lost in the spirit of the old homes, thereis an urgent need to find a new way out. Sartre’s humanitarian through reflection on traditional humanitarian, with such possibilities. In his view, exist in nature, peoplewho are in a continuous build, not a biological one, man is free. Thus, Sartre maderelative to the traditional humanitarian another humanitarian.
Keywords/Search Tags:Existential, Humanism, Freedom, Responsibility
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