Sartre's radical freedom requires a pour-soi that constitutes meaning, yet the historical a priori shaping what counts as meaningful choice remains outside the cogito's self-transparency.
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The first-person inference 'I think, therefore I am', characterized by extraordinary certainty and resistance to doubt, serving as an Archimedean turning point in Descartes' meditative inquiry
pour-soi(as the type of being that Sartre thinks has freedom)
A French term meaning 'for-itself'—Sartre's way of describing human consciousness as something that is always aware of itself and constantly creating its own meaning through choices.
radical freedom(as Sartre's core concept about human existence)
The idea that humans have complete, unrestricted freedom to make choices and define themselves, with no fixed nature or destiny imposed on us.