Close Up - Existentialism

A brief introduction to Existentialism, particularly of the French variety.

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[CTALONS]

Exitentialism is not a rejection of God, just read kierkegaard, but it is the fact that as humans we are responsible for making the choice to believe...bad faith is when we look toward another and say I do or believe this because this is what I am told.

We choose and therefore are responsible for our choices and cannot place that responsibility anywhere else.

Check out Frankle...Man Search for Meaning.

[a51ts2]

Thanks for posting this.

[NearVSMello]

@wishiwascreative1 Though because you do not see that it is YOU who's calling existentialism depressing rather than existentialism being depressing in itself, you would be in what Sartre calls bad faith.

[NearVSMello]

@wishiwascreative1 I happen to find it very inspiring. Perhaps you heard words in the vid like "meaningless" or "outsider" and immediately thought "bad" or "sad." But do you think this BECAUSE such a worldview is depressing, or is such a worldview depressing to you because YOU think so. Because YOU have decided where to place your sadness and happiness. Believe it or not by DECIDING that existentialism is depressing, you yourself have experienced an existential moment.

[Coyotefreak667]

@CTALONS True and false. Kierkegaard was a christian existentialist. Sartre was an atheist one. You can be a believer while being existentialist or you just don't care about religion. As typical for existentialism it's YOUR choice...

[brokennarcissist]

Existentialism is a strawman of freedom, it's it's own normative standard. Don't understand why not to privilege Camus over Sartre? Guess what you're no longer human. Enjoy masturbating? You're indulging false consciousness... You will not find a more restricting judgement worldview than an existentialist. You're nothing without the meaning(s) of other, ect...

Conformity is freedom.... blah

[wishiwascreative1]

What a depressing worldview :(

[kurtrogler]

go to theintellectualblog. com

[Skoople88]

@irishpaisa It's difficult to digest depending on your previous beliefs. If your religious then yeah it would be tough to hear but for someone who is on the fence about everything, it could be an eye opener. For me, it was a breath of fresh air and easier to comprehend than God. Not to say I fully grasp the concept of existentialism and it's philosophical cousins but I get the ideas behind it :P

[irishpaisa]

@Skoople88 A two week episode is tough but short. Existentialism is like finding out that Santa Claus does not exist and there is no god, basically its all on you...... This is a difficult realization to digest, its a game changer.

[Skoople88]

@irishpaisa Totally agree. This may sound lame but I remember the very moment I came across existentialism. It triggered a 2 week episode of depersonalization

[irishpaisa]

Once you encounter existentialism, I don't think you can go back, or revert, to your old way of thinking!! So, If you consider ignorance blissful, then, beware my friend!