OUR SELF CONCEPTION

Our Self Conception

Our Self Conception

The philosophical career of Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) has focused its initial stages, the construction of a philosophy of life known as existentialism. Sartre's early works are characterized by a development of classical phenomenology, but his thinking diverges from Husserl in the scheme, the design of the car, and is interested in ethics. The points of difference are the cornerstones of existential phenomenology of Sartre, whose purpose is to understand human existence rather than the world as such. Adopting and adapting the methods of phenomenology, Sartre aims to develop an ontological account of what it means to be human.

Sartre's most important argument is that “hell is other people.” Although this is one of the most difficult parts of existentialism to understand, this suggests that man can only be how people perceive him. But Sartre states that “…relations with other people, encrustation, and freedom, freedom as the other face in the coin which is barely suggested, are three themes in the play. I should like you to remember this when you hear that hell is other people.” In other words, Sartre believed that relationships do not always fail. What he shows in No Exit is what happens when people refuse to accept the consequences of their actions (Sartre, 1944). By the end of the play, we come to realize that each character is the others torturer. Therefore, “hell is other people” (Sartre, 1944: 45).

No Exit is a play that best portrays Jean-Paul Sartre's existential philosophies. Situated in Sartre's metaphorical hell, his existential points make up the plotline for No Exit. The three characters in No Exit each provide an existential look into the life of someone who has not lived authentically, or chosen to accept consequences of his decisions. The characters provide a twisted ...