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existentialism
Existentialism is a philosophical movement which posits that inividuals create the meaning and essence of their lives, as opposed to deities or authorities creating it for them.
Trivia about existentialism
Camus & Buber were big in this movement that said humans were fully responsible for making meaning of their own lives
This philosophic movement concerned with "being" included people like Simone de Beauvoir & Kierkegaard
Jean-Paul Sartre was "the father of" this movement
Jean-Paul Sartre gave this term general usage by using it to describe his own philosophy
This philosophical movement associated with Sartre inspired a form of psychotherapy
Philosophical attitude associated with Kierkegaard, Heidegger & Jaspers
Soren Kierkegaard is considered "the father of" this philosophical movement
Heidegger espoused this philosophy that stresses individual choice
Hmm, your tween is reading works in this movement, like Camus' "Caligula"? That's both impressive & disturbing
The 1943 landmark philosophic work "Being and Nothingness" espouses this philosophy