Unlike the Galet, the sock had been created with a clear purpose in mind,
albeit one very different from(although not strictly incompatible with) the one that it had assumed on that joyful evening.
In Sartrean terms, whereas for the Galet it is true only that existence precedes essence, for the sock
it is true both that essence precedes existence(when the sock is used on a foot) and that existence precedes essence(when the sock is used other than on a foot, for example, as a bottle sleeve).
To put it in Sartrean terms, whereas for the Galet it is true only that existence precedes essence, for
the sock it is true both that essence precedes existence(when the sock is used on a human foot) and that existence precedes essence(when the sock is used for an unintended purpose, for example, as a bottle sleeve).