Question

In the excerpt above, what does sartre mean when he writes, "existence precedes essence"? that it is natural for people to believe in god before believing that god does not exist that people must think before they act that people should act before they think that people don't have an innate set of values or predisposition, and that people create themselves after birth

Answer 1

For OW people it is:

That people don't have an innate set of values or predisposition, and that people create themselves after birth

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Answer 2

The correct answer is that people don't have an innate set of values or predisposition, and that people create themselves after birth
The idea that there is no predefined pattern that we must fit into. We live our lives, and that in turn defines what we truly are, not any idealized set of characteristics. This notion describes Sartre's philosophy of Existentialism.