Xibe
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memphis, tn USA
Joined Sep 9, 2009
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives, as opposed to deities or authorities creating it for them. Although there are some common tendencies amongst "existentialist" thinkers, there are major differences and disagreements among them.[43] Emphasizing action, freedom, and decision as fundamental, existentialists oppose themselves to rationalism and positivism and instead look at where people find meaning. The rejection of reason as the source of meaning is a common theme of existentialist thought, as is the focus on the feelings of anxiety and dread that are felt in the face of radical freedom and the awareness of death. Some other themes are that humans define their own meaning in life and that existence precedes essence, which means that the essence or meaning of one's life can only arise after one has come into existence. ---------------------------------------------------------- Søren Kierkegaard invented the term "leap of faith" and argued that life is full of absurdity and the individual must make his or her own values in an indifferent world. For Kierkegaard, an individual can have a meaningful life (or at least one free of despair and existential anxiety) if the individual relates the self in an unconditional commitment to something finite, and devotes his or her life to the commitment despite the inherent vulnerability of doing so.[44] --------------------------------------------------------
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