Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Jean-Paul Sarte
I recently went back to Sarte to read his thoughts on "The Desire to be God." I found one quote interesting. "To be man means to reach towards being God."My interpretation of this quote means that man's ultimate purpose is to seek power. That everyone has a subconscious goal to be successful or powerful. Now obviously this is not true in all cases. We have religious peoples from various religions that choose a life of poverty. But, if you were to look at this from there point of view, doing this would make them "successful in the eyes of their gods. So it seems that all people seem to have the same same desire, more or less. They just have different ways/preferences that they go about attaining that goal. This is just something I though about after reading that line. Any thoughts on this?
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Upon rereading "The Desire to be God", I can agree with your interpretation of this passage. But, more specifically, I think humans seek control, control of their own lives and of the things around them. By controlling our own lives, we are able to manipulate who we are and our state of being. The down fall to human obtainment of power is that it will never compare to the power of God; God is omnipotent. As we seek to be God, we become drunk on power and desire more and more. This lust leads to corruption and failure as God-like power is unobtainable. Having control over our own lives is a good thing, I believe. Power, in moderation, allows us to be who we are and makes us the unique individuals.
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