Jean-Paul Sartre the Existentialist, Sigmund Freud the Determinist, and Victor Frankenstein
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Human nature has been determined by many as many different things. Some believe that humans have a preexisting "essence" that account for their actions. However, an existentialist or a determinist would disagree on such a philosophy. Jean-Paul Sartre is a famous French existentialist. Not only was he an existentialist, but an atheist as well. He asserted that God does not exist, and that the only human condition is that of free choice. Sigmund Freud revolutionized
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his mother. Perhaps he would see Victor's persistence in knowledge creation as some kind of impulse due to the repression of these feelings which stem from his eros instinct. It all sounds a little absurd, however some of Freud's theories are. Bibliography Haberman, David, Stevenson, Leslie (1998). Ten Theories of Human Nature. Third Edition. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Sartre, Jean-Paul. Existentialism is a Humanism. (Handout) Shelley, Mary (1963). Frankenstein. New York, New York: Penguin Group.
his mother. Perhaps he would see Victor's persistence in knowledge creation as some kind of impulse due to the repression of these feelings which stem from his eros instinct. It all sounds a little absurd, however some of Freud's theories are. Bibliography Haberman, David, Stevenson, Leslie (1998). Ten Theories of Human Nature. Third Edition. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Sartre, Jean-Paul. Existentialism is a Humanism. (Handout) Shelley, Mary (1963). Frankenstein. New York, New York: Penguin Group.