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Existentialist concepts
Meaning (existential)Søren Kierkegaard wrote in 2000 that meaning does not equal knowledge. He described meaning as a lived experience instead of an intellectual fact.
Abandonment (existentialism)Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche stood at the dawn of existential thought in the 19th century. Their theories remained bound within theological…
AngstThe word angst entered English during the 19th century through translations of German and Scandinavian texts. It arrived alongside works by Søren Kierkegaard…
AbsurdityThe Latin word absurdum means out of tune. It derives from the surdus, which translates to deaf. This ancient connection implies a state of stupidity or…
Authenticity (philosophy)In 1850, Søren Kierkegaard published Practice in Christianity to challenge the passive acceptance of religious faith. He argued that personal authenticity…
GazeIn 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre published Being and Nothingness. Within its pages, he described a moment where one person looks at another.
ÜbermenschIn 1896, Alexander Tille published the first English translation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He rendered the German term Übermensch as "Beyond-Man".
Meaning of lifeThe phrase meaning of life first appeared in English within Thomas Carlyle's book Sartor Resartus, published between 1833 and 1834.