@article { author = {Asgariyazdi, Ali and Piroozvand, Soheila}, title = {Jean-Paul Sartre on the Meaning of Life: Objections from an Islamic Viewpoint}, journal = {Religious Inquiries}, volume = {9}, number = {17}, pages = {191-214}, year = {2020}, publisher = {University of Religions and Denominations Press}, issn = {2322-4894}, eissn = {2538-6271}, doi = {10.22034/ri.2020.208313.1372}, abstract = {Theories of the meaning of life are divided into two categories: nihilistic and anti-nihilistic. The latter is divided, in turn, into the view that life is meaningful and the view that life can be made meaningful. In this paper, we deploy a descriptive-analytic method to discuss Jean-Paul Sartre’s view of nihilism. In his view, God does not exist, the human being is born and dies without a reason, and then his life ends when he turns into a being-in-itself. Sartre’s view is subject to a host of objections, including the following: his restriction of the domain of knowledge to the empirical cannot itself be empirically established; given their confinement in the material world, human beings cannot come up with a comprehensive plan for their life; and that the meaninglessness of life is a self-contradicting idea that cannot be true in the external world.}, keywords = {Human,Jean-Paul Sartre,absurdity of life,purposefulness of creation}, url = {https://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_113826.html}, eprint = {https://ri.urd.ac.ir/article_113826_0dcd2820d7a94e53a78e4e8d7337ce47.pdf} }