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Introducing Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre is a household name. He was born in 1905 and died in 1980. The influence of his works is still palpable in the world today. The Sartrean model impregnated the field of philosophy.

The Sartrean approach to human existence is known as “Existentialism.” Under this paradigm, the understanding is that human beings are free to be. In other words, human beings have the capacity to emancipate their selves from whatever.

The Notion of Freedom

In this Podcast series, I will examine the notion of freedom with a great interest. My point of contention will center on the notion that there is no such a thing as freedom. The concept itself is an illusion. It is contradictory to the fact of being confined in society. It undermines the reality of being dependent on the collective in order to be.

A social environment, I will argue, is the antithesis of freedom. Society prevents freedom in any way, shape, or form. Society is order. Freedom, on the other hand, is chaos.

There is No Freedom

In this series of recordings, I will tackle the notion of freedom as extensively as possible. I will point out that men could not be free if they must evolve in a social environment. Hence, there can be no freedom in a contrived environment.

In this particular installment, I introduce Jean-Paul Sartre. I introduce the notion of freedom. I point out the incongruity of the concept in relation to the nature of the being himself.

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Ben Wood Johnson is an author, educator, and philosopher. He is a multidisciplinary scholar. He writes about Philosophy, Legal Theory, Public/Foreign Policy, Education, Politics, Ethics, Race, and Crime. Johnson graduated from Penn State and Villanova University. He is fluent in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian. Johnson enjoys reading, poetry, painting, and music.

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