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Existentialists say that existentialism is the belief that you can think of yourself or believe who you are as whatever you wish, but who you really are is based on your actions.

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What time period did Existentialism become popular?

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What time period did Existentialism become popular?

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The time period where existentialism became popular was from the 1930s to the 1960s.

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Why did it become popular with so many people? 

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Why did it become popular with so many people? 

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Existentialism became especially popular because writers like Sartre, Camus, and Nietzsche expressed ideas of existentialism in their works. However, these writers' and philosophers' ideas and theories were not the only things that made existentialism popular with so many individuals. After WWII, most people saw the way of existentialism the to be right way for society to be after the harsh war and many lives lost because of the war.

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3 characteristics/important aspects that are unique to Existentialism or Existentialists. 

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3 characteristics/important aspects that are unique to Existentialism or Existentialists. 

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1. Choices and suffering can sometimes be inevitable.
2. Importance of single individuals' lives (one's existence).
3. Freedom in actions and making one's own decisions.

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Jean-Paul Sartre is the author of the book "Existentialism Is a Humanism". Sartre came up with the theory of existentialism which states that "existence precedes essence".

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Existence before essence refers to the fact that people's existence are based off of what they do in life and what it means.

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Absurdity refers to the meaninglessness in life.  Existentialists often try to embrace what life holds. Existentialists often believe in the idea of moving away from absurdity.

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Like Sartre, Albert Camus also wrote books that expressed the ideas of existentialism. However, Camus emphasizes that  individuals should accept that people aren't meant to be perfect. Camus also states that individuals are who they are based on the decisions that they make.

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An existential crisis refers to when people feel unfulfilled in terms of having freedom in life and the free choices made by the individual. An existential crisis may also refer to feeling the responsibility and consequences of having freedom over your own life.

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Friedrich Nietzsche is a German philosopher most famously known for his ideas on God. He believed that nobody should rely on anything beyond our grasp like God. He didn't believe in heaven and thought it was "the world of ideas".