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Existentialism

Existentialism is a philosophical movement that developed during the 19th and 20th century, which emphasizes the individual existence, freedom and choice. Existentialism basically states, man exits and defines himself and the world in his own way and wanders between choice, freedom and existential ways. Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despair with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he made decisive choice about his own

future.

Walter Kaufmann, one developer of existentialism stated " existentialism is not a school of thought nor reducible to any set of tenets" . Kaufmann was not the only one to have this belief, philosophers such as Martin Heidegger and Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, along with many others shared the belief that existentialism means individualism.

Philosopher Heidegger gave people to understand existentialism by stating " there is no predefined essence to humanity except that which we make for ourselves". Due to existentialism not acknowledging the power of God or any other earth ruler for morality to be established for human beings, leading them to feel free to do as they wish.

To be an existential one must have characteristics such as nothingness, where one cannot be held accountable for the world around them, it is an awareness