Existentialism is a term applied to the work of certain late 19th- and 20th-century philosophers who, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual. A central proposition of Existentialism is that existence precedes essence, which means that the most important consideration for individuals is that the actual life of the individual is what constitutes what could be called their "true essence" instead of there being an arbitrarily attributed essence others use to define them. ... Thoug...

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