Existentialism

"Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks - those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest." --Friedrich Nietzsche

The philosophy of individual essence and freedom, culminating from the influence of many disparate writers in the 20th century. As a self-conscious movement, however, it is primarily a 20th-century phenomenon. Heidegger, Sartre, and Camus are often seen as existentialist philosophers but its characteristic features occur earlier, especially in Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Kierkegaard.

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The Cry - Online philosophy magazine; includes existentialist and surrealist resources.
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Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy - Professional organization supporting philosophy inspired by continental European traditions. Call for papers, events calendar, and organization information.
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French and German Existentialists. - Short introduction with links to biographies.
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The Realm Of Existentialism - An introduction, with phenomenology and analysis of various schools of thought.
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Existentialism and Human Emotions - Illustrated guide to Sartre's book.
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Existential Psychology - A short essay introduction.
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Thinkers in Existentialism - Synopsis of the major existential philosophers.
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Friesian - Existentialism - Summary of existential thought.
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Existentialism: A Primer - Existentialist resources with notes and commentary on individual thinkers.
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Existentialism and Absurdism - Brief discussion of existentialist literature from the Thumbnail Lecture series.
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An Existential Philosopher's Museum - Many themes explored from an existential perspective: love, sexology, spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, medical ethics, & death. Over 500 rooms to explore.
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The Philosophy of Existentialism - Existentialism at Adventures in Philosophy, a section of The Radical Academy.
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My Little Corner of Existentialism - A personal summary.
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Philosopher's Walk - Comments on some existentialists.
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The Existentialist's Home - Links to essays on individual thinkers.
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Webring of Existentialism - Internet index of colinking pages.
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MSN Learning & Research: Existentialism - A review of its themes and influences.
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Characters in Dostoevsky and Sartre - An examination of self-conscious writing in "Notes from Underground" and "Nausea."
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