Letter to a Continental Philosopher
Jason O'Brien
PHI/105
May 27, 2012
Letter to a Continental Philosopher
Dear Jean-Paul Sartre,
After learning from and studying your philosophical view of man-kind, I understand that it is believed by you that because there is no God, there are no maker of man and no such thing as a divine conception of man in accordance with which man was created. This is defective for the sole fact that without a God, we (as a human) would not be here today. It has always been known the one individual is born from another from generation to generation into this land. Our God is the first one to be known to our creation, and therefore the first “being” of man-kind. It is our God that has brought us here to this day and age. Furthermore, it has been made known that the individual, in effect, has been thrown into existence without any real reason for being. This has been mistaken. Man is here today to create today for what will be of existence tomorrow. Part of our existence includes restructuring, improving, and revolutionizing the world around us. The world we have today is the one that will exist for our next generation. However, according to yourself it is only through acceptance of our responsibility that we may live in authenticity. To be responsible, to live authentically, means intentionally to make choices about one’s life and one’s future, as you had stated. Such choices are made most efficaciously, by becoming betrothed in the world and by selecting a fundamental project, one that would mobilize and direct all of one’s life energies and permit one to make extemporaneous choices. It would be through this project that the individual creates a world that does not yet exist and thus gives meaning to his or her own life.
It is also understood as well that because there is no God and hence no divine plan to determine what must happen, “there is no determinism.” This is to say man is free to do as he wishes and as needed without any force of do anything of any
PHI/105
May 27, 2012
Letter to a Continental Philosopher
Dear Jean-Paul Sartre,
After learning from and studying your philosophical view of man-kind, I understand that it is believed by you that because there is no God, there are no maker of man and no such thing as a divine conception of man in accordance with which man was created. This is defective for the sole fact that without a God, we (as a human) would not be here today. It has always been known the one individual is born from another from generation to generation into this land. Our God is the first one to be known to our creation, and therefore the first “being” of man-kind. It is our God that has brought us here to this day and age. Furthermore, it has been made known that the individual, in effect, has been thrown into existence without any real reason for being. This has been mistaken. Man is here today to create today for what will be of existence tomorrow. Part of our existence includes restructuring, improving, and revolutionizing the world around us. The world we have today is the one that will exist for our next generation. However, according to yourself it is only through acceptance of our responsibility that we may live in authenticity. To be responsible, to live authentically, means intentionally to make choices about one’s life and one’s future, as you had stated. Such choices are made most efficaciously, by becoming betrothed in the world and by selecting a fundamental project, one that would mobilize and direct all of one’s life energies and permit one to make extemporaneous choices. It would be through this project that the individual creates a world that does not yet exist and thus gives meaning to his or her own life.
It is also understood as well that because there is no God and hence no divine plan to determine what must happen, “there is no determinism.” This is to say man is free to do as he wishes and as needed without any force of do anything of any