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The Rebirth Of Consciousness, Urszula Blaszak
The Rebirth Of Consciousness, Urszula Blaszak
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Human beings encounter cascades of a plethora of experiences, one after another, every single microsecond of our lives. There are many things happening around. The world is full of events and occurrences. As they happen, the mind reacts to every individual input. This is a very exhausting and difficult. Thus, people have developed a process of self-defense against this horrible mishmash of information. Their minds have this amazing capacity of sorting them out and making sense out of them. Humankind's survival depends on that. If one does not sort all this information out, one might not be able to make …
The Importance Of Others: A Study Of Existential Themes In The Novel All Men Are Mortal By Simone De Beauvo, Elizabeth M. Seekins
The Importance Of Others: A Study Of Existential Themes In The Novel All Men Are Mortal By Simone De Beauvo, Elizabeth M. Seekins
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Through this study, I propose to prove two things: firstly, that existentialism, above ail that of Simone de Beauvoir, is an optimistic doctrine because if we are truly free, the Other cannot be our hell, and secondly, that the novel Ail Men are Mortal présents a better example of French existentialism because it offers not only examples of how to treat the Other with badfaith, but also with authenticity. With this in mind, the study starts off with an examination of the main principals of French existentialism as they are defined by the philosophical works of Simone de Beauvoir and …