Small everyday failures can collapse into existential unease, and that unease births philosophy
Evidence
Sartre’s experiences and quirks found their way even into his most serious philosophical treatises. This could make for strange results, given that his personal take on life ranged from bad mescaline flashbacks and a series of embarrassing situations with lovers and friends to bizarre obsessions with trees, viscous liquids, octopuses and crustaceans. But it all made sense according to the principle first announced by Raymond Aron that day in the Bec-de-Gaz: you can make philosophy out of this cocktail. The topic of philosophy is whatever you experience, as you experience it. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 54 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Small tool failures can cascade into wholesale life questioning. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 237; Philosophy begins where everyday smooth functioning breaks down. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 232; Existentialism holds that philosophy grows out of concrete lived experience — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 54 (+1 more)
Related
- Existentialism holds that philosophy grows out of concrete lived experience (similarity 0.84)
- Minor everyday failures can trigger disproportionate existential discomfort (similarity 0.83)
- Philosophy begins where everyday smooth functioning breaks down. (similarity 0.81)
- Phenomenology becomes existentialist when applied to ordinary lived experiences. (similarity 0.80)
- Small tool failures can cascade into wholesale life questioning. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Existentialism holds that philosophy grows out of concrete lived experience
#expands(0.85) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 54