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Existentialism is a philosophy with no boundaries. ... It is a philosophy that encouraged each individual to rise up against a troubled civilization, and to search for an inner peace, as opposed to one created by society. At the conclusion of World War Two, European society easily gravitated toward Existentialism and its promise of a true meaning for existence. ...
Existentialism stresses the voidness of human reality, and admits that the human being is thrown into a world of uncertainty, a world full of pain, sickness, frustration, violence, and death. ... Although the philosophy was created far before the post-war world, Existentialism reached its peak of popularity when Europe was in a despairing mood, and the thought of anything with meaning, in fact, had meaning. ...
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But the origins of Existentialism did not begin here. ...
The development of modern Existentialism was preceded by Brento, Husserl, Ponty, and Albert Camus. ... The human being must do his best to fight against the confinements of modern society.
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