Existentialism

Articles Quarter Three and Four

Sartre
"Existentialism"

Period 2: Read all of the article for Monday. Write an outline and make a list of key terms and concepts. Respond to whether existence precedes essence and explain why or why not. Tuesday: Write a steps of the argument for the argument in the article and write a question. HH: Read the article on existentialism by Maximilian Beck, below.



Period 8: Read all of article for TUESDAY. Make an outline of the text, a step of the argument, 5 key terms, but no response. For Wednesday: List the three main criticisms and explain each. Then list Sartre's refutation to each. For the response, include your opinion about the criticisms and whether they are valid or not.

HH article for Wednesday will be

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Period 2 Day One: Read An Absurd Reasoning, which is up to the chapter The Absurd Man, page 43 of the pdf (the book has no page numbers) And read the Myth of Sisyphus chapter. (pages 75-78 in pdf) Define these key concepts using words from the text: the absurd, leap, nostalgia, suicide, philosophical suicide, absurd walls, absurd freedom. Write for a page about an absurd moment in your life. Day Two: Write for a page or more on whether the philosophy of existentialism is actually useful in understanding and navigating your life.

Period 7 Day One: Read An Absurd Reasoning, which is up to the chapter The Absurd Man, page 43 of the pdf (the book has no page numbers) And read the Myth of Sisyphus chapter. (pages 75-78 in pdf) Define these key terms using words from the text: suicide, faith, morality, Sisyphean Task, value of life, the Absurd, fate, absurd walls, philosophical suicide. Apply as many as you can to one character and his or her situation from real life or fiction or history.

Day Two: In what ways does existentialism help you understand your life and in what ways does it fail to? Write for a page or more.

Period 2: Essay: Can the ethics and general philosphy present in the Myth of Sysiphus be practically applied to society, and your life?