Existentialism

Existentialism enjoyed great popularity in Continental Europe in the 1940s and 1950s, and has probably had a greater impact upon literature than any other philosophy. The common interest that unites Existentialist philosophers is their interest in human freedom and the nature of choice.

Readers of Existentialist philosophy are being asked, not merely to contemplate the nature of freedom but to experience freedom and practice it. However, the title is slightly misleading, it does not designate a system or a school of thought. They aim, above all to demonstrate freedom, to reveal to ordinary people that which has always been the case, but which for one reason or another has gone unnoticed, that they are free to choose.

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Contributed by: Richard P Whaite