Existentialism

Definition:
                the philosophical and cultural movement which holds that the starting point of philosophical thinking must be the experiences of the individual

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• Existentialism is the belief that you create your own truth through experience.
• Existentialism also studies essence versus existence and what they mean.
• Sartre has the point of view that is called atheistic existentialism.

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          NY Times
          Stanford

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                In existentialism, the whole world revolves around you as an individual.  There are other people and things, but nothing actually matters but you.  Your pain is the only pain, and your joy is the only joy.


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