Reflections on the Jewish Question, by Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean Paul Sartre is considered one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and he is the most famous founder of the most important philosophical school of this century; existentialism, a school that spread like wildfire among the youth of the world as a result of Sartre's writings, lectures, and dialogues, which enjoyed the highest readership and viewership among the philosophers of the world who lived during his time; Sartre's fame overshadowed many other philosophers due to those liberating ideas he advocated and because of the passionate love and intense emotion that his philosophy, advocating individual freedom, garnered. That freedom was understood by some of Sartre's followers and admirers around the world as absolute freedom, a freedom that only considers the feelings and subjectivity of its owner. Perhaps this was the idea of existentialism for some until Sartre wrote his famous book: "Existentialism is a Humanism," which was a lengthy lecture in which he attempted to respond to the criticisms often directed at existentialism as an invitation to absolute individual freedom. In this important lecture, many clarifications about existentialism were provided; Sartre emphasized that it is primarily a humanist school, and therefore individual freedom should not conflict with or diminish the freedom of others. He also stressed the importance of the principle "You are free as long as you do not harm," a principle that establishes the social dimension of existentialist philosophy; since a person only feels his true freedom in light of his social responsibility and his concern not to infringe on the freedom of others!