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Sean Illing, Vox, 6 July 2024
In the novel Nausea, the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre describes someone who mysteriously experiences that feeling whenever they are confronted with ordinary objects, like a pebble on the beach.
—Maria Balaska, TIME, 12 May 2024
Time, 28 Dec. 2022
In the telling of Camus, whose works became a wellspring of existentialist philosophy, Caligula recognizes the utter meaningless of his sadistic hold on all around him, and allows the machinations that lead to his assassination to proceed unimpeded.
—Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
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Noun
Those writers don't have to label themselves existentialists.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 6 July 2024
In the novel Nausea, the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre describes someone who mysteriously experiences that feeling whenever they are confronted with ordinary objects, like a pebble on the beach.
—Maria Balaska, TIME, 12 May 2024
Adjective
By most philosophical accounts, especially those rooted in existentialist principles, anxiety is an intricate mood that entails not only awareness of the future but also a refined sense of self.
—Time, 28 Dec. 2022
In the telling of Camus, whose works became a wellspring of existentialist philosophy, Caligula recognizes the utter meaningless of his sadistic hold on all around him, and allows the machinations that lead to his assassination to proceed unimpeded.
—Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
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“Existentialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existentialist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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