Wisdom And Philosophy

The Relationship between the "Other Presence" and "Meaning of Life" in the Thought of Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Buber

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Maryam alsadat Tabataei dana 1
Amirabbas Alizamani 2
Babak Abbasi 3

1 PhD Student of Comparative Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Theology, and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy of Religion, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/wph.2023.53170.1868
Abstract
Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Buber have considered the human being, his existential issues, and anxieties in their philosophical issues. Among these topics is the subject of the "other" and "meaning of life". Sartre's views appear in the position of an atheist thinker about the "other" and meaning in life in two approaches. First, his radical view of the "other" is so pessimistic, and he calls it "hell", and the relationship with the "other" is based on "conflict". At this point, life is absurd and meaningless. He takes a moderate approach in his later views, believing that he has to invent a meaning for life and that the "other" can play an essential role in this meaning. Buber is a divine existentialist and sees the "other" and "meaning of life" in a deep bond. In his mind, the pursuit of authentic communication and the discovery of the meaning of life can only be possible when there is "Thou". Of course, Thou has a hierarchy, and the highest "you" is "eternal", and in the shadow of his grace, the meaning of life is discovered.

Keywords

The Invent
the Discovering
Meaning
the Other
conflict
Subjects
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Wisdom And Philosophy
Volume 19, Issue 73
Winter 2023
Pages 129-157

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