major 20th century existentialists

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EXISTENTIALISTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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Heidegger's philosophy begins with a profound anti-Cartesianism, an uncompromising holism that rejects any dualism regarding mind and body, the distinction between subject and object, and the very language of "consciousness," "experience," and "mind."

MARTIN HEIDEGGER

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Heidegger’s work investigates the meaning of authentic existence, the significance of our mortality, our place in the world and among other people as an individual. Sartre’s philosophy was profoundly influenced by Heidegger.

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Heidegger’s legacy is marred by his involvement with the Nazi party in the early days of Hitler’s rise to power.

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Jean Paul Sartre and Hannah Arendt helped to rehabilitate his reputation in the philosophical and academic communities. He remains a controversial figure to this day.

"Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth."- Jean-Paul Sartre

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.”.

Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoirhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lFLO16TRPQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxbkPCLlXII&feature=related

Sartre and personal freedom.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J49ntsYLRc

Simone de Beauvoir• French Existentialist

Philosopher• Lover of Jean-Paul

Sartre• Wrote important

feminist treatise “The Second Sex” in 1949

I tore myself away from the

safe comfort of certainties

through my love for truth -

and truth rewarded me.

ALBERT CAMUS

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for

the meaning of life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udk0vRXGLlA&feature=related

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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the

face.

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Kafka was not a trained philosopher or disciplined writer. Kafka never indicated that he was expressing a deep philosophical theory in his aphorisms. But, when you consider the time, place, and nature of Kafka — then you see an existentialist..

FRANZ KAFKA

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The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect.

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