The Anthropology in Marcel's Existentialist Philosophy

Using a library survey and an analytical method, the present paper investigates Gabriel Marcel's view on the anthropology in existentialist philosophy. He pursues the path of mystery, secondary contemplation and self-reflection to recognize man's reality and believes that the basic condition for one to be human is one's existence in this world and that man's life is contingent upon his relationship with other people. He also holds that the relationship between "I and you", in relation to others, exists in a kind of relationship, that is, the relationship between absolute "I and you", i.e. God. He takes into consideration some of man's fundamental characteristics such as freedom and free will, love, loyalty and hope to attain a more ostensible recognition of man's reality, and considers free will in all man's acts as an axiom and as a category of mystery.