Existence Precedes Essence

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An Existence Precedes Essence is a dictum that ...



References

2015

  1. Plato, Timaeus ; Aristotle, Metaphysics ; St Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra Gentiles, Pars 3:1, Summa Theologiae, Pars 1:1, etc. Analysis of "existence before essence" in Etienne Gilson, The Christian Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Introduction.
  2. (Dictionary) "L'existencialisme" - see "l'identité de la personne"
  3. Encyclopédie de la jeunesse, 1979, p.567
  4. Kierkegaard, Søren. Philosophical Fragments, 1844.
  5. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  6. Sartre, in Being and Nothingness (1943), credits a slightly longer version of the claim to Heidegger: "Now freedom has no essence. It is not subject to any logical necessity; we must say of it what Heidegger said of the Dasein in general: 'In it existence precedes and commands essence.'" However, Sartre gives no page reference for this citation. In Being and Time, Heidegger writes: "The 'essence' of human-being lies in its existence." ("Das 'Wesen' des Daseins liegt in seiner Existenz", Sein und Zeit, p. 42.)

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