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"Hell is other people" is supposed to mean "Hell is ourselves" It seems like the article makes the connection, but it doesn't make it clear that the whole poin
by psbp 4y ago
"Hell is other people" is supposed to mean "Hell is ourselves"
It seems like the article makes the connection, but it doesn't make it clear that the whole point of the famous line is that a critical self-perception, sprouted from a fear of an ambiguous, judgmental "other", is truly our undoing.
- cratermoon 4y agoWhen Satre wrote "Hell is other people", he meant "other people". Hell is thinking that our "self" is solely what other people tell us it is.
- widjit 4y ago"Hell is my own code" still works in my case