This is often stated as existence precedes essence.

这个常常被概括为存在先于本质。

Sartre argued that the fundamental principle of existentialism is that " existence precedes essence" .

萨特认为，存在主义的基本原则是“存在先于本质”。

The existentialists believed in the idea that our existence preceded our essence.

存在主义者相信，我们的存在先于我们的本质。