Book · 1965
Being and Nothingness
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You just actually Jean Paul SAR the the existential philosopher in his book I think it was being and nothingness he describes the what he considers the Primal circumstance of the Voyer.
Sam Harris · The Rich Roll Podcast · Jun 2024 Listen at 1:48:58 What they say about it
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He WR he wrote in being a nothingness his big work he included a description of a waiter who's moving through the crowd and delivering drinks on the tray.
He gives this in in his big book being in nothingness and he says um so waiters play played.
He even calls out Kierkegaard in the section of Being and Nothingness.
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Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness is a foundational philosophical text of existentialism that explores human consciousness, freedom, and the anxiety of self-determination. On Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark noted that Sartre explicitly references the ideas of Søren Kierkegaard within the text while discussing existential concepts like the call of the void. Sarah Bakewell discussed Sartre's major work on The Book Review, highlighting his famous description of a waiter moving through a crowded café to illustrate performative social roles. Sam Harris cited the book on The Rich Roll Podcast to describe Sartre's analysis of the primal self-consciousness experienced when one realizes they are being watched by another person. Similarly, Sean Kelly analyzed Sartre's work on the Lex Fridman Podcast, focusing on the detailed example of the waiter to explain existentialist concepts of bad faith and the performance of social identity. Across these podcasts, speakers utilized Sartre's complex formulations to examine the psychological weight of human freedom and interpersonal perception.
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Sean Kelly He gives this in in his big book being in nothingness and he says um so waiters play played 2
“He gives this in in his big book being in nothingness and he says um so waiters play played”
“he gives this in in his big book being in nothingness”
Josh Clark and I think he even calls out kir guard in the section of being in nothingness 1
“and I think he even calls out kir guard in the section of being in nothingness”
Sam Harris you just actually Jean Paul SAR the the existential philosopher in his book I think it was being and nothin… 1
“you just actually Jean Paul SAR the the existential philosopher in his book I think it was being and nothingness he describes the what he considers the Primal circumstance of the Voyer”
Sarah Bakewell he WR he wrote in being a nothingness his big work he included a description of a waiter who's moving throu… 1
“he WR he wrote in being a nothingness his big work he included a description of a waiter who's moving through the crowd and delivering drinks on the tray”
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“to Kierkegaard, and I think he even calls out Kierkegaard in the section of Being and Nothingness.”
