Existentialism

Existence before essence. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Heidegger's being, Sartre and Beauvoir in Paris, Camus and the absurd, and the question of what to do with a freedom nobody asked for.

Part of Philosophy

13 moments in this segment.

1. 1843 - Kierkegaard on Religion (Philosophize This!). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
2. 1845 - Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855). The leap of faith, the individual against the crowd, the father of existentialism.
3. 1845 - Kierkegaard - Silence, Obedience and Joy (Philosophize This!). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
4. 1885 - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900). The death of God, the will to power, the eternal recurrence, and the revaluation of all values.
5. 1885 - Nietzsche (The School of Life). The death of God, the will to power, and self-overcoming.
6. 1887 - Nietzsche: Master & Slave Morality explained. A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
7. 1945 - Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980). Existence precedes essence; we are "condemned to be free."
8. 1960 - Martin Heidegger (1889–1976). Being and Time, the question of Being, thrownness, and being-toward-death. This photograph dates from 1960.
9. 1967 - Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986). The Second Sex: "one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman", existentialist feminism. This photograph dates from 1967.
10. 2020-03-10 - The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir (TED-Ed). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
11. 2020-12-11 - Camus's Myth of Sisyphus - the philosophy of the absurd (Eternalised). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
12. 2021-01-24 - Heidegger: Being and Time (Michael Sugrue). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.
13. 2022-05-27 - Sartre: Existentialism is a Humanism (Overthink). A deeper look, part of the history of philosophy.