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CENTRAL CLAIM OF EXISTENTIALISM FORMULATED BY SARTRE
Existence Precedes Essence; L'existence précède l'essence

precede      
v. a.
Go before (in place or in time), go ahead of, take the lead of, be anterior to, take precedence of, lead, introduce, herald, usher in, head.
precede      
(precedes, preceding, preceded)
1.
If one event or period of time precedes another, it happens before it. (FORMAL)
Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...
The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...
Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
VERB: V n, be V-ed by n, V-ing
2.
If you precede someone somewhere, you go in front of them. (FORMAL)
He gestured to Alice to precede them from the room...
They were preceded by mounted cowboys.
VERB: V n, be V-ed by n
3.
A sentence, paragraph, or chapter that precedes another one comes just before it.
Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question...
Repeat the exercises described in the preceding section.
? follow
VERB: V n, V-ing
Precede      
·vt To go before in place, rank, or importance.
II. Precede ·vt To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
III. Precede ·vt To cause to be preceded; to Preface; to Introduce;
- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Wikipedia

Existence precedes essence

The proposition that existence precedes essence (French: l'existence précède l'essence) is a central claim of existentialism, which reverses the traditional philosophical view that the essence (the nature) of a thing is more fundamental and immutable than its existence (the mere fact of its being). To existentialists, human beings—through their consciousness—create their own values and determine a meaning for their life because the human being does not possess any inherent identity or value. That identity or value must be created by the individual. By posing the acts that constitute them, they make their existence more significant.

The idea originates from a speech by F. W. J. Schelling delivered in December 1841. Søren Kierkegaard was present at this occasion and the idea can be found in Kierkegaard's works in the 19th century, but was explicitly formulated by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in the 20th century. The three-word formula originated in his 1945 lecture "Existentialism Is a Humanism", though antecedent notions can be found in Heidegger's Being and Time.

Examples of use of precede
1. Granholm‘s hearing will precede the mayor‘s upcoming criminal trials.
2. Blinding headaches, seizures, nausea and high fever usually precede death.
3. His answers –– arguing that structural reform had to precede rebuilding California –– stirred no applause.
4. The disaster reports precede a planned summit this month between leaders of the two Koreas.
5. We precede ... was it Deru ... What‘s his name, the French guy?" "Derrida?" "Right.
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