EXISTENTIALISM
, INTRODUCTION
WHAT EXISTENTIALISM IS NOT ?
Existentialism is not a set of doctrines.
WHAT EXISTENTIALISM IS?
• It is a philosophical movement formally initiated by the Danish Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard during second half of the 19 th
century.
• It was developed and popularized by the famous French Existentialist Jean Paul Sartre during the postwar period.
• It deals with the questions like what is the meaning or purpose of life, what are we doing, where life is taking us etc.
KEY EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHERS :
Soren Kierkargaard (1813-1855)
Friedrich Nietzche (1844-1900)
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Simon de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
Albert Camus (1913-1960)
, INTRODUCTION
WHAT EXISTENTIALISM IS NOT ?
Existentialism is not a set of doctrines.
WHAT EXISTENTIALISM IS?
• It is a philosophical movement formally initiated by the Danish Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard during second half of the 19 th
century.
• It was developed and popularized by the famous French Existentialist Jean Paul Sartre during the postwar period.
• It deals with the questions like what is the meaning or purpose of life, what are we doing, where life is taking us etc.
KEY EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHERS :
Soren Kierkargaard (1813-1855)
Friedrich Nietzche (1844-1900)
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Simon de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
Albert Camus (1913-1960)
