Satre

"Existence precedes essence." (Sartre, 103) Essentially the atheistic ideology that asserts an unlimited potential for freedom. "Nothing else than the attempt to draw all the consequences of a coherent atheistic position" (Sartre, 111). Some 18th century philosophers like Nietzsche deny God but still contend that there is a "shadow of God" that is prevalent enough to be a basis for our so called collective "human nature." However, Sartre sees it as problematic to deny god but to …

…not be taken for granted. The wind may push people, and it may be a strong wind, but we always have the power to push against that wind. Only when we deny of manufactured visions of the world will we allow ourselves to be entirely free. No longer shall one youthfully speculate "what would Jesus do" but instead their mind shall turn to the world around them and think "what's the best I can do."