Ex stentialism

EXISTENTIALISM
emphasizes the
existence of the
individual person as a
free and responsible
agent determining their
own development
through acts of the will.
Existentialist
Philosophers
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
 Is known as the
“Father of
Existentialism”
 Was born in Denmark
in 1813
 Believed that church
congregations had no
purpose, that
Christendom was too
political, and that
Christianity was
becoming an empty
religion
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
 was born
October 15,
1844
 Proponent of
nihilism, he
believes that life
is meaningless.
Nihilism
 Total rejection of established laws and
institutions.
 Anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary
activity.
 Total and absolute destructiveness,
especially toward the world at large and
including oneself.
 Philosophy: A. an extreme form of
skepticism: the denial of all real existence
or the objective basis for truth. B.
nothingness or non existence.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
 was born on June
21, 1905
 Existence
precedes essence:
We have no “given
nature;” we become
who we are through
freedom of choice
and moral
responsibility.
Existentialism is defined by the slogan
Existence precedes Essence. This
means:
1. We have no 3. We create our
predetermined own human
nature or essence nature through
that controls what
we are, what we do, these free
or what is valuable choices.
for us. 4. We also create
2. We are radically free our values
to act independently through these
of determination by choices.
outside influences.
Albert Camus (1913-1960)

 was born on November

7, 1913
 Coined description
“absurd”: the situation
in which human beings
demand that their lives
should have significance
in an indifferent universe
which is itself totally
without meaning or
purpose.
Absurdism
is a philosophy stating that the
efforts of humanity to find meaning in the
universe ultimately fail (and are hence
absurd), because no such meaning exists,
at least in relation to the individual.
As beings search for meaning in a
meaningless world, humans have three
ways of resolving the dilemma:
1. Suicide or Escaping Existence
2. Religious beliefs in a transcendent world.
3. Acceptance of the Absurd.
Reference
 http://yes.kitoba.com/2010/10/existence-precedes-
essence/
 https://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/existentialism.htm
 https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_existentialis
m.html