Aquinas & Sartre: On Freedom, Personal Identity, and the Possibility of Happiness

Exploring the philosophical parallels between Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre, Stephen Wang reveals their shared insights on freedom and human identity. Aquinas highlights the transformative power of choice and the flexibility of reason, while Sartre emphasizes the radical nature of choice alongside the constraints of reality. Both philosophers converge on the notion that true human freedom resides in our capacity to select our goals, as we pursue an elusive fulfillment that transcends our temporal existence.