Existentialism
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Gets its name from an insistence that human life is understandable only in terms of an individual man's existence, his particular experience of life.
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Existentialism
Gets its name from an insistence that human life is understandable only in terms of an individual man's existence, his particular experience of life.
Man Lives (Has Existence)
Rather than is (has essence)
Every man's experience of life…
Unique, radically different from everyone else's and can be understood truly only in terms of his involvement in life or commitment to life
Existentialism assumes…
The “absurdity” of the world
Sisyphus, from “The Myth of Sisyphus”
Rolled the rock to the top of the mountain endlessly for all of eternity
The “Existential Hero”
The man who can act despite his vivid awareness of the absurdity of the world in which he is living
Existentialism emphasizes…
The personal non-institutionalized need for every man to make his own decisions
Existentialism advocates…
Living in the present
The only existentialist certainty
Death
Is Suicide An Alternative?
No, you must live with “existential angst”
Freedom Is…
Very important to existentialists. An infringement on one's is an infringement on all's,
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