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EXISTENTIALISM Flashcards

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1
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the existentialism philosophical movement took place in what centuries?

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19th/20th centuries

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” i continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning but i know that something in it has a meaning and that is man, because he is the only creature to insist on having one.”

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albert camus

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what is the individual responsible for?

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living life passionately and sincerely in spite of obstacles

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there are no _______ ___________ and _______-_____ _________

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right answers, ready-made truths

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you are the product of

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your choices

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your choices equal

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your fate

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the universe is _______ to humans

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indifferent

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existentialism is more concerned with __________ __ ______________ than with abstract thought

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responses to individuals

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bleakest part of existentialism

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nihilism

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10
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what came first in existentialism, essense or existence ?

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existence

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Choosing not to make a choice is ironically also a

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choice

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12
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intrinsic nature or indispensable quality

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essense

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13
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we’re the product of our choices
christianity
universe’s indifferencet to humanity

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existentialism principles

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“God is dead and we have killed him.”

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Nietzsche

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great souled person

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Ubermensch

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16
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the idea by which we can live and die

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faith

17
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abstract theories

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fear, love, courage

18
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submitting to other people’s wish for your life, living inauthentically

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bad faith

19
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the search for answers in a meaningless world

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absurdity

20
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Traditional christianity believes that a persons essense is ?

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predestined

21
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What is existentialism opposed to?

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rationalism

22
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a great souled person rises above circumstances to embrace life

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self-overcoming

23
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everything has function and purpose

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teteology

24
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dismissal of abstract theories that seek to disguise the untidiness of actual human lives and emphasizes the subject realities of individual existence, freedom, and choice

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existentialism

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