Perception is like a creation of the universe in me. The first and most intimate participation is that effected with my body. Through my body I perceive surrounding objects. Thus the act of perception is an act of love. Through the act of perception objects become immanent in me.
Man thus becomes available to all, and all become available to man.
If you know of any Gabriel Marcel websites, please e-mail us. In other words, to be an existent means to be a series of appearances. Ordinarily, appearance tells us of a dualism, i.e., the appearance and what is hidden in that appearance. Such a dualism is denied by Sartre and he maintains instead that appearance is the entire and only reality . The atheism and amoralism of Sartre may be considered as the ultimate corruption of Existentialism, and of philosophy in general.