<p>I kept seeing this word and I finally decided to look it up and- wow. I see the world in a whole different sort of light now. I feel as if I've achieved some sort of state of enlightenment.</p>
<p>What do you think of these theories? Do you apply them to your life? Have you read any of the literature of the great thinkers (Kierkagaard, Sartre, Nietzeche?).</p>
<p>Existentialism is a load of bull-Blam</p>
<p>We're reading Huis Clos by Sartre (don't know the English title, sorry) in my IB French A1 HL class right now. I don't know enough about existentialism to have any real opinion of it yet, though.</p>
<p>Haha I just learned all about that...you don't happen to be in AP Euro?</p>
<p>Consider renting the movie I <3 Huckabees...its about existential detectives.</p>
<p>Sorry, if you want to learn ANYTHING about existentialism, then don't watch I <3 Huckabees. It is an ok movie but it is terrible at talking about any real Existential thought. Some good starting Texts are "Existentialism" by Jean-Paul Sartre. "The Stranger" by Albert Camus, "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus, or really any novel by Dostoevsky.</p>
<p>I am writing my research paper on Sartre--
existentialism-- fascinating.</p>
<p>i am a self proclaimed existentialist...awesome stuff. actually wrote a little about it in some college essays.</p>
<p>so that big huge complicated word just mean: a philosophy that people are free to do whatever the hell they want but have to bare the concequences?
That was a disapointment.</p>
<p>It means a lot more than that to many people. Don't just look up the definition. I know this site is taboo on CC, but try reading up on some general information on wikipedia.</p>
<p>okay, wikipedia it is.</p>
<p>We read Kafka's The Metamorphosis in English class...warning: existentialism is depressing. At least it's fun to say.</p>
<p>I love existentialism. It's all I concerned myself with sophomore year. Especially Nietzsche.</p>
<p>My favourite work on "existentialism" though is "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. It's a Viennese psychiatrist discussing how is "logotherapy" method evolved out of being imprisoned in Auschwitz. It's terribly human, and just about one of the best books I ever read. It's existentialism, but not in the words of some philosopher or writer, but a man who, with many many others, had to assert their lives' meanings in order to survive the most traumatic obstacle. </p>
<p>He often quotes Nietzsche: He who has why to live, can bear almost any how.</p>
<p>We learned a lot about it after reading "The Stranger" by Camus...it makes a lot more sense if you know about existentialism, haha. Well, although the book only exists to explain it.</p>
<p>I don't know how I feel about it. It's a little too depressing for me.</p>
<p>Haha, I got into reading Kierkegaard after seeing a pseudonym "S. Aabye" floating around a webforum I go to.</p>
<p>A lot of what he says is, to me, common sense. I never took an in-depth look into the philosophy as a whole, but I suppose I agree with the major tenets.</p>
<p>I have friends who say they are existentialists, yet they have no idea what it is beyond its basic Webster's definition. They don't read any books (or anything for that matter) regarding it.</p>
<p>I agree with Taggart, in regards to my own personal beliefs.</p>
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We're reading Huis Clos by Sartre (don't know the English title, sorry) in my IB French A1 HL class right now.
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We going to start reading that soon in my French class.... err, I just thought that I would share that.</p>
<p>Why must I read books by Guy de Maupassant in my IB French A1 HL class?</p>
<p>For me:
Exitentialism ----> Jakor pondering for hours ----> nihilism
Sadness...</p>