Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre believed that, aside from our biological features, humans come into existence without a predefined essence.

Video: Don’t Let Others Define You | Sartre’s Existentialism

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00:00 Introduction
01:46 A short bio
03:27 Why consciousness matters
05:39 Existence precedes essence
09:36 Choices have consequences
13:24 Bad faith