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   John Brockbank to nguyen@nf.sympatico.ca   
   Re: sartre question   
   06 Dec 06 17:30:59   
   
   From: wagley@screaming.net   
      
   "SN"  wrote in message   
   news:R1Bdh.29312$cz.441415@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   > What is sartre denying when he says that existence comes before essence?   
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   > Thanks   
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   In short, there is no such thing as 'human nature' because there is no God   
   who provided it.  However it is more interesting than just that and it is   
   well worth looking at Wikipedia and also type the phrase into Google and   
   have a read.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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