Existentialism

Existentialism is a philosophical movement that claims that individual human beings have full responsibility for creating the meanings of their own lives. It is a reaction against more traditional philosophies, such as rationalism and empiricism, which sought to discover an ultimate order in metaphysical principles or in the structure of the observed world.

The Stranger
Nausea
The Plague
The Metamorphosis
Existentialism is a Humanism
The Trial
The Myth of Sisyphus
Being and Nothingness
The Fall (Vintage International)
Notes from Underground
Crime and Punishment
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Man's Search for Meaning
Waiting for Godot
Fear and Trembling
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There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
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