https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5 en-us 2023-05-10 18:18:57 UTC 2025-10-16 00:14:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30e.png mcgaza1001_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585946727 Existentialism is the philosophical beliefs that we are each responsible for creating a purpose or meaning in our own life. ]]> 2023-05-10 18:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585946727 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585954945 Existentialism started around the 1930s all the way to the mid-20th century and it became popular in the 1950s.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)]]> 2023-05-10 18:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585954945 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585960093 By the 1950's, people that were mostly American writers thought the idea was good. Existentialism was popular among people because it helped them understand themselves more (verywellmind.com).]]> 2023-05-10 18:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585960093 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585965370 Existentialists say there is no meaning to human life unless people give it meaning. Existentialists do not believe in God as well. They value the importance of their individual selves. ]]> 2023-05-10 18:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585965370 mcgaza1001_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585968774 Its a philosophical idea that suggest a person's essence, or nature is not predetermined at birth but rather shaped by one's experiences and actions.]]> 2023-05-10 18:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2585968774 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587658346 Since Existentialism is about one persons essence, absurdity plays a role in this as well. The absurdity of our lives comes from the idea that there is no meaning to be found in the world beyond what meaning our lives give to it.]]> 2023-05-11 18:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587658346 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587677618 An existential crisis is marked by five distinctive features. First, a period where when a lot of what previously seemed like common sense or normal reveals its uncanny and real nature. Secondly, is when you are in an anxiety-inducing situation. Thirdly, when you develop a high awareness of death. Fourthly, when we are forced to make our own decisions which can guarantee many mistakes. Lastly, loneliness is a big part in an existential crisis. ]]> 2023-05-11 19:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587677618 mcgaza1001_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587680304 Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the figures in the philosophy of existentialism, his work made a great significant impact in the 20th century sociology. His central philosophical work is being and nothingness perhaps he is better known as a playwright. ]]> 2023-05-11 19:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587680304 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587681476 Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. Albert Camus identified existentialism with philosophical suicide in the series of the absurd, and with a reduction of human life to its historical dimension in the subsequent series of revolt. Camus did not consider himself an existentialist.]]> 2023-05-11 19:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587681476 asalas102_1_2 https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587683801 Friedrich W. Nietzsche was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer. Nietzsche's contribution to existentialism was the idea that men must accept that they are part of a material world, regardless of what else might exist.]]> 2023-05-11 19:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/asalas102_1_2/odzkcol4zlbjdma5/wish/2587683801