Category: Existentialism

‘I am separated from all things by a hollow space…and I do not even reach to its boundaries – Kafkas diaries. It is no wonder that Kafka felt such a hollowness between himself and everything around him, considering that he existed within a monotonous, traditional, patriarchal and a habitual society. Such anxiety and separation from…

Soren Kierkegaard has a lot of controversial things in his existentialism and philosophy and this includes his dislike of Kantianism and Hegeliansim and Churchism. He believes in a few things but most especially, he believed that God truly exists. Thats why he tried looking into the concepts of churches among all religions. After examining it,…

Its the 21st century, women should get equal rights. Its the 21st century, Netflix should be compulsory and free for all. Its the 21st century is probably one of the most common arrangement of words used in the 21st century  the century of information. The century that started with the rise in the number…

Contrasting Philosophies: Sartre’s Atheism vs. Kierkegaard’s Faith Sartre is one of the most influential atheist existentialists. On the other hand, Kierkegaard is seen as the father of existentialism, while most of his later texts were more religious than philosophical in their disposition. Kierkegaard does not believe in the traditional teaching of Christianity and instead wants…

The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (18131855) lived nearly his entire life in Copenhagen. Kierkegaard was devoutly religious. He was shaken when he discovered, at age 22, that his father had not only cursed God but also seduced his mother prior to marriage. Subsequently, Kierkegaards writings focused primarily on religious faith and the meaning of Christianity.…

What is the purpose of life? What is death? Who am I and what do I want out of life? These are all questions deriving from the period known as Existentialism. Many philosophers contributed to existentialism thinking and helped to push the existentialist movement along. Even now, existentialism lives in our modern day society and…

Existentialism was defined by Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre as an ethical and philosophical theory that would place importance on freedom as inherently valuable and the base of all other values (Webber)1. Being human for Sartre was summarised perfectly in the motto existence precedes essence (Webber, Sartre).2 The phrase explores the idea that human…

Existentialism is a modern philosophical belief, or theory, that is positioned upon the study of existence and of the way human beings find themselves existing in the world. The concept is that humans exist first and then each individual spends a lifetime changing their essence or nature. If you take this into account, then by…

Waiting for Godot is the conflict between spiritual and philosophical ideas that both demonstrate renewal and diverse perspectives to the viewers. Waiting for Godot was part of the theater of the absurd a movement that appeared after the second world war. This movement looked at artist struggling to find meaning through devastation. The absurdist deconstructed…

Hamlet, a play written by William Shakespeare, is about a prince and his mission for vengeance. Hamlets quest for revenge covers the 20th century philosophical movement; existentialism. Throughout the play, prince Hamlet regularly questions his purpose and existence as he mourns over his fathers death and his mothers incestuous affair. Concurrently, this serves a perfect…