All 36 Uses
existential
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Sophie's World
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- I am scared that nothing is real. That's called existential angst, or dread, and is as a rule only a stage on the way to new consciousness.
Chpt 23 *existential = relating to existence and what is important
- And if we can manage a few closing comments on Sartre and Existentialism, our plan can be put into operation.
Chpt 23existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Unlike the Romantics, Socrates was what Kierkegaard called an 'existential' thinker. That is to say, a thinker who draws his entire existence into his philosophical reflection.
Chpt 27existential = relating to existence and what is important
- Buddha answered by likening the monk to a man who gets pierced by a poisoned arrow. The wounded man would have no theoretical interest in what the arrow was made of, what kind of poison it was dipped in, or which direction it came from.
He would most likely want somebody to pull it out and treat the wound. ... That would be existentially important to him.Chpt 27 *existentially = characterized by threatening existence - Therefore it is existentially important to you.
Chpt 27existentially = relating to what is important in life
- So we have looked at what Kierkegaard meant by 'existential,' what he meant by 'subjective truth,' and what his concept of 'faith' was.
Chpt 27
- It is an expression of the fact that the individual is in an 'existential situation,' and can now elect to make the great leap to a higher stage.
Chpt 27existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Another masterly description of how existential choice springs from inner need and despair can be found in Dostoyevsky's great novel Crime and Punishment.
Chpt 27existential = relating to what is important in life
- Existentialism, inspired by the Danish philosopher, flourished widely in the twentieth century.
Chpt 27existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Because Kierkegaard became an existentialist and Marx became a materialist?
Chpt 28existentialist = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Instead of great speculative systems, we had what we call an existential philosophy or a philosophy of action.
Chpt 28existential = relating to existentialism -- a philosophical movement that assumes each person is free to determine what is essential in their existence
- This means nothing less than that everybody has an innate need to give artistic expression to his or her existential situation.
Chpt 30existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Or was there something that was existentially important to them?
Chpt 31existentially = relating to what is important in life
- Lots … movements are going off in all directions We'll start with one very important direction, and that is existentialism.
Chpt 31existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- This is a collective term for several philosophical currents that take man's existential situation as their point of departure.
Chpt 31existential = relating to existence and what is important
- We generally talk of twentieth-century existential philosophy.
Chpt 31existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Several of these existential philosophers, or existentialists, based their ideas not only on Kierkegaard, but on Hegel and Marx as well.
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- Several of these existential philosophers, or existentialists, based their ideas not only on Kierkegaard, but on Hegel and Marx as well.
Chpt 31existentialists = concerned with what is important
- A man who was influenced by both Kierkegaard and Nietzsche was the German existential philosopher Martin Heidegger.
Chpt 31existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- But we are going to concentrate on the French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, who lived from 1905 to 1980.
Chpt 31existentialist = philosopher concerned with what is important
- He was the leading light among the existentialists—at least, to the broader public.
Chpt 31existentialists = philosophers concerned with what is important
- His existentialism became especially popular in the forties, just after the war.
Chpt 31existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- She was also an existential philosopher.
Chpt 31existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- You were going to talk about existentialism.
Chpt 31existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Sartre said that 'existentialism is humanism.'
Chpt 31existentialism = deciding what is important in life
- By that he meant that the existentialists start from nothing but humanity itself.
Chpt 31existentialists = philosophers concerned with what is important
- Both Kierkegaard and some of this century's existential philosophers were Christian.
Chpt 31existential = relating to existentialism; a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- But Sartre's allegiance was to what we might call an atheistic existentialism.
Chpt 31existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- You may recall that angst, a sense of dread, was also characteristic of Kierkegaard's description of a person in an existential situation.
Chpt 31existential = relating to knowing what is important
- Simone de Beauvoir attempted to apply existentialism to feminism.
Chpt 31existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- Existentialism also had a great influence on literature, from the forties to the present day, especially on drama.
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- You mean the history of philosophy stops with Sartre and existentialism?
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- Existentialist philosophy has had radical significance for many people all over the world.
Chpt 31existentialist = concerned with what is important
- Sartre made an important observation when he said that existential questions cannot be answered once and for all.
Chpt 31existential = relating to what is important in life
- Hilde had been especially taken with what Alberto said about Sartre and existentialism.
Chpt 32existentialism = a philosophical movement concerned with what is important in life
- "This is not a natural catastrophe."
"No, it is an existential catastrophe."Chpt 32existential = relating to the philosophy of existence and what is important
Definitions:
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(existential as in: existential threat) relating to or dealing with existence -- especially with human existence
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(existential as in: existential philosophy) Relating to existentialism — a philosophical movement where each person is free to determine their own meaning and purpose, not bound by convention, God, or authorityExistentialist belief is varied. All such beliefs stress the need for each individual to find their own way, but most stress that there is no rational way of finding it.
Atheistic existentialists often stress isolation of the individual in a hostile or indifferent universe. Some stress life without meaning. Others stress loss of a shared morality, uninhibited exercise of power, and/or hedonism.
Existentialism is often associated with philosophers and writers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jaspers, Marcel, Sartre, Camus, Dostoevsky and Kafka. -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, in logic, an "existential quantifier" denotes the existence of a member in a set to which something is applicable. It is contrasted to a universal quantifier which applies to all members of a set. For example: "What is the scope of the existential quantifier?"