PP111 Lecture Notes - Jean-Paul Sartre, Dialectic, Existence Precedes Essence
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Essay cover sheet: name, id number, tutorial section number. (pg. 209 appendix 2) Plato and socrates wanted to reconcile the problem of constancy and change they sought to find out what is real and what is an illusion. The essence of beauty is what many beautiful things have in common; that qualifies them to be beautiful and that can be used to judge whether something really is beautiful. Involves asking questions in order to find the truth. Recollection- we possess truth but need help remembering it. Is something pious because it is beloved of the gods, or is it beloved of the gods, or is it beloved of the gods because it is pious? (what came first the chicken or the egg) Do i love her because she is loveable or is she loveable because i love her. There is one ideal, true form. (form x) then there are other copies" forms of this pure, true form of x(x1,
