Existentialism:Sartre & Nietzsche

Both men agree that human beings are free to do as they choose, and that life is not pre-determined. According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialismùwhat is called its subjectivityùit that ôMan is nothing else but that which he makes of himselfö (Existentialism is a Humanism). Human beings are therefore responsible for what they are, and entirely responsible for their existence. Sartre adds that human beings are not just responsible for their own individuality, but responsible for all people. ôIf, moreover, existence precedes essence and we will to exist at the same time as we fashion our image, that image is valid for allà.ö (Existentialism is a Humanism). Human beings strive to create moral values to give me

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ological observation: ôThere is no God. I have no faith in any God.ö Rather he is asserting what he believes to be a fundamental fact to be employed for the interpretation of the totality of mankind and the world. God hath died; now do we desireùthe Superman to live. The most careful ask today: 'How is man to be maintained?Æ Zarathustra however asketh as the first and only one: 'How is man to be surpassed?Æ The Superman, I have at heart; that is the first and only thing to meùand not man (Nietzsche 320-321). GodÆs death then means the great collapse and unfathomable nothingness. GodÆs death means nihilism. The hope for humanity is that the superman will take GodÆs place. Thus both Nietzsche and Sartre believe that it is human beings who create moral values and give meaning to life. Because God is dead, human beings can only struggle for an evolution of themselves. Zarathustra believes it is his duty to provide one goal for humanity, and the doctrine of the superman is to serve this function. The idea of the superman indicates that Nietzsche believed that higher and higher levels of human excellence might be attained. Nietzsche then associates being with positivity and the ability for people to strive, create and achieve.
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