Sartre’s Godless Theology: Dualist Monism and Its Temporal Dimensions

My task in this paper is to study Sartre’s ontology as a godless theology. The urgency of defending freedom and responsibility in the face of determinism called for an overarching first principle, a role that God used to play. I first show why such a principle is important and how Sartre filled the...

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Main Author: Liu, Renxiang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2019
In: Open theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 182-197
Further subjects:B Finitude
B Jean-Paul Sartre
B Ontology
B Godless theology
B Dualist monism
B Freedom
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