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Runtime: 21 minsKate Kirkpatrick discusses Jean-Paul Sartre. Jean-Paul Sartre's relationship with theology reveals a deeply informed atheism rather than mere indifference. Born in 1905 into a Protestant Catholic family, Sartre's upbringing exposed him to both religious and anti-clerical values. His philosophical journey began with a fascination for Henri Bergson's work on freedom and determinism. Unlike common perceptions, Sartre's philosophical foundation was shaped before encountering phenomenological works. Studying at the prestigious Ecole Normale Superieure, Sartre's failed and subsequent top-ranking performance in the philosophy exam highlighted his originality. He delved into psychology, mysticism, and ethics, studying figures like Christian mystics. Sartre's key concepts, like the transcendence of the ego, laid the groundwork for his influential work "Being and Nothingness," critiquing Cartesian and Heideggerian philosophies to redefine human reality and identity, culminating in his famous phrase "existence precedes essence."
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Produced in December 2018. Provisional captions.
Kate Kirkpatrick is Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Regent’s Park College.
She is the author of Sartre on Sin: Between Being and Nothingness (Oxford University Press, 2019).
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