existentialism
existentialismA loose philosophical label applied to the work of, amongst others, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietszche, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre. It refers to the systematic investigation of the nature of human existence, giving priority to immediate experiences of aloneness, death, and moral responsibility. See also existential sociology.
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