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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 679863" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard" target="_blank">Søren Kierkegaard</a>... proposed that each individual—not society or religion—is solely responsible for giving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_(existential)" target="_blank">meaning</a> to life and living it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticity_(philosophy)" target="_blank">passionately and sincerely ("authentically")</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[1</a></p><p></p><p>A central proposition of Existentialism is that <em>existence precedes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence" target="_blank">essence</a></em>, which means that the most important consideration for individuals is that they are individuals—independently acting and responsible, conscious beings ("existence")—rather than what labels, roles, stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individuals fit ("essence"). The actual life of the individuals is what constitutes what could be called their "true essence" instead of there being an arbitrarily attributed essence others use to define them. Thus, human beings, through their own<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness" target="_blank">consciousness</a>, create their own values and determine a meaning to their life.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[22]</a>Although it was Sartre who explicitly </p><p>A central proposition of Existentialism is that <em>existence precedes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence" target="_blank">essence</a></em>, which means that the most important consideration for individuals is that they are individuals—independently acting and responsible, conscious beings ("existence")—rather than what labels, roles, stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individuals fit ("essence"). The actual life of the individuals is what constitutes what could be called their "true essence" instead of there being an arbitrarily attributed essence others use to define them. Thus, human beings, through their own <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness" target="_blank">consciousness</a>, create their own values and determine a meaning to their life.</p><p>This contrasts with the notion that "bad things don't happen to good people"; to the world, metaphorically speaking, there is no such thing as a good person or a bad person; what happens happens, and it may just as well happen to a "good" person as to a "bad" person.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-plato.stanford.edu-24" target="_blank">[24]</a>A person can choose to act in a different way, and to be a good person instead of a cruel person. Here it is also clear that since humans can choose to be either cruel or good, they are, in fact, neither of these things essentially.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 679863, member: 18958"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard']Søren Kierkegaard[/URL]... proposed that each individual—not society or religion—is solely responsible for giving [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_(existential)']meaning[/URL] to life and living it [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticity_(philosophy)']passionately and sincerely ("authentically")[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-13'][1[/URL] A central proposition of Existentialism is that [I]existence precedes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence']essence[/URL][/I], which means that the most important consideration for individuals is that they are individuals—independently acting and responsible, conscious beings ("existence")—rather than what labels, roles, stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individuals fit ("essence"). The actual life of the individuals is what constitutes what could be called their "true essence" instead of there being an arbitrarily attributed essence others use to define them. Thus, human beings, through their own[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness']consciousness[/URL], create their own values and determine a meaning to their life.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-22'][22][/URL]Although it was Sartre who explicitly A central proposition of Existentialism is that [I]existence precedes [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence']essence[/URL][/I], which means that the most important consideration for individuals is that they are individuals—independently acting and responsible, conscious beings ("existence")—rather than what labels, roles, stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individuals fit ("essence"). The actual life of the individuals is what constitutes what could be called their "true essence" instead of there being an arbitrarily attributed essence others use to define them. Thus, human beings, through their own [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness']consciousness[/URL], create their own values and determine a meaning to their life. This contrasts with the notion that "bad things don't happen to good people"; to the world, metaphorically speaking, there is no such thing as a good person or a bad person; what happens happens, and it may just as well happen to a "good" person as to a "bad" person.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism#cite_note-plato.stanford.edu-24'][24][/URL]A person can choose to act in a different way, and to be a good person instead of a cruel person. Here it is also clear that since humans can choose to be either cruel or good, they are, in fact, neither of these things essentially. [/QUOTE]
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