Existentialism

existentialism
/ˌɛɡzɪˈstɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/
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noun
a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

If you’ve ever pondered the meaning of existence or questioned your purpose in life, you’ve partaken in existentialism.

Existentialism is a catch-all term for those philosophers who consider the nature of the human condition as a key philosophical problem and who share the view that this problem is best addressed through ontology.

Existentialism as a Philosophy
John Wild
The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 57, No. 2 (Jan. 21, 1960), pp. 45-62 (18 pages)

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Today we explore essentialism and its response: existentialism. We’ll also learn about Jean-Paul Sartre and his ideas about how to find meaning in a meaningless world.

Born: June 21, 1905 Paris France
Died: April 15, 1980 (aged 74) Paris France
Notable Works: “Being and Nothingness” “Critique of Dialectical Reason” “Existentialism Is a Humanism” “Le Fantôme de Staline” “Les chemins de la liberté” “Nausea” “No Exit” “Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr” “Situations” “The Flies” “The Psychology of Imagination” “The Words”
Subjects Of Study: littérature engagée Gustave Flaubert Marxism existentialism phenomenology
(https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Paul-Sartre)

Self Identity

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The knight of faith (Danish: troens ridder) is an individual who has placed complete faith in himself and in God and can act freely and independently from the world.

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Übermensch
/ˈuːbəˌmɛnʃ/
noun
1. the ideal superior man of the future who could rise above conventional Christian morality to create and impose his own values, originally described by Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–5).

Put forward by Friedrich Nietszche, he claimed once we accept that “God is dead” the Ubermensch should serve as the goal for mankind, to stop us falling into...

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Martin Heidegger

Existentialism resonates to Heideggerian authenticity in the way it appears to sever human beings from the normative comforts and stability of public life, leaving us alone to choose and create our own singular meanings and values against the background of nothingness.

A look at Martin Heidegger

Existentialism Is a Humanism is a 1946 work by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, based on a lecture by the same name he gave at Club Maintenant in Paris, on 29 October 1945.