Sartre's popular lecture defending existentialism against the charges that it is pessimistic and anarchic, arguing that radical freedom entails radical responsibility and a commitment to all of humanity.
Existence precedes essence; we are condemned to be free; in choosing ourselves we choose for all humanity; anguish, abandonment, and despair are the honest responses to this condition — not pessimism but realism.
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