ABSTRACT
Jean-Paul Sartre begins the discussion of his existential psychology with the claim that there is no fixed human nature. Consequently, human beings do not conform to "fate" but search for some sort of truth. Existential psychology studies the meaning of this search. It is the study of human ends. Sartre's analysis of this topic is neither extensive nor systematic. It is simply an elaboration of his theory of action, a theory which is central to his work in the Critique. Sartre emphasizes time in his theory of action. Without analysis of the person's fundamental choice, all events connected with his life are meaningless. For Sartre, choice is a deed which is revealed through every act of consciousness. It is continuously manifest, even through the smallest details of our daily activity, our modes of presenting the self to others, our moods, and so on.
