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Existence precedes Essence

Jean-Paul Sartre EN

The thesis that human beings first exist and only afterward define themselves; there is no predetermined human nature or divine plan.

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The thesis that human beings first exist and only afterward define themselves; there is no predetermined human nature or divine plan. Combined with the absence of God and an essential moral law, this principle affirms that values and meaning are created by human beings themselves.