Existentialism

                       Existentialism :

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It is a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. In the existentialism Individual is the center rather than God. It was founded by soren Kierkguard , Nietzsche.

Video 1 : What is Existentialism?  

Kierkguard , Nietzsche , Dostoyevsky, Kafka , Shestov, Hesse, Heidegger, Sartre and Beavvoir were Existentialist philosophers. Their views differ from each other but the thing which gathering them that they have basic belief of Individuality. For all of them Individually is important.

"Believe in God consider as philosophical suicide ".Existentialist denied the idea of God Existence. This term popular among young generation because person struggling with their own views. It leads them towards suicide , anguish , absurdity, passion, death and despair.

Video 2 : Myth of sisyphus ( The absurd reasoning ) 

 One of the serious philosophical problem is Suicide. The reason behind the suicide is that person believe that his life is not worth living. It is meaningless. Life is full of absurdity. At one level of life person life filled up full of absurdity. The person judge that thing as life is not worth living. It leads him towards suicide. There is strong connection between individual thought and suicide. Because suicide comes in person mind as thought of it. That's why person finds absurdity in life and absence of any profound reason for living life. For him life is like stranger. Death becomes a strong companion. So absurdity of life consider as suicide.

Video 3 :  The myth of sisyphus  ( Philosophical suicide ) 

Philosophical suicide means Existentialist recognised the absurd but instead of embracing it they suggest to escape from it. Death is the common element in both Philosophical suicide and physical suicide. If once you recognise absurdity then you committed physical suicide but if you could denied absurdity and living in perpetual world. It consider as philosophical suicide. So avoidance of things is the reason of philosophical suicide. It based on three things :1)  A total absence of hope 2) A continual rejection 3) Conscious dissatisfaction

Faith is object of escape from things.

   " Absurd faith is a absurd escapism".

 Faith is used for make self free from absurdity. So by believe in the faith of God person loss his intellectual by not questioning the things.  It happens some time person could not able to find answers of his life and it leads him towards anxiety and absurdity of life. So make self free from it person takes help of faith for escape from it.

Video 4  : Dadaism ,  Nihilism and Existentialism 

Dadaism different from Nihilism. Both have common thing the arbitary values. Dadaism was response of world war ll. It against every value and rule. It movement of quest for change. It questions every value to overcome from it. It gives way to become free from everything and give chance to yourself by creating your own values. It based on questioning everything no matter whether  you know things or not. Question is important because after questioning the value it not reamain true anymore.  I like this thought the most that :

" The absurd doesn't frighten me because from a more elevated point of view, I consider everything in life to be absurd."

Life it mens the absurdity. Person should not afraid of it but taken it as curiosity. Question everything no matter you will get answers or not.

Video 5 :Existentialism - A gloomy philosophy 

Existentialism consider as gloomy philosophy. It based on three main aspects anxiety, despair and absurdity. It suggests the person to be free from idea of God by finding your own truth. Find your own value by judge the values and choose your own meaning of it. The most important thing is to take responsibility of your self and accept the consequences of it. Existentialism can't be connected with narcissism. Though in both self is the centre but the purpose make them differ. In narcissism self love or self effection is the center but in Existentialism searching of self , purpose of life is center and discover self is important.

Video : 7 Let's introduce Existentialism again !

Existentialism is philosophical movement. It becomes prominent after world war ll. The things which ties all existentialist philosophers together is considering with problem of living life as human being. It is based on human condition. It raises the questions like :

Why am I here ?

What does it means to be human ?

How should I live my life?

This movement is difficult because it reject all encompassing system like religious or science. It questing meaning and purpose of human life. It is very difficult to denied and create your own values and meaning of life. It difficult to questing all philosophical and religious meaning of life and create your own meaning.

  It denied divine perspective. It resistant the idea of God and belief of immorality. It reject divine perspective by creating our own believes and meaning to life. Human is the center in this idea rather than God. Person should have control over their life and live it by creating their own values and giving meaning to it and choosing purpose of life.

Video : 8 Explain like I'm five: Existentialism and Nietzsche 

In this video describe the term of Ubermensch given by Nietzsche.  It means person is free to do whatever he likes. This idea connect with free from fear of God. It shows person as superman.person can do things without any fear of God. It gives freedom to choose your own purpose and value of life , making your rules and regulations. No universal morality govern us. It makes us free from idea of God.

Video 9 :Why I like Existentialism?  Eric  Dodson

Existentialism is differs person to person. It has two sides. Intellectual side and deeper side of existential way of life. It helps us to understand life more deeply. It effect both mind and soul. It honestly looking both the sides of life light as well as dark side. Dark side of life is anxiety, death and dread. It reflects reality of life. Understand life in the terms of all that life actually is. People like existentialism because of this things:

● Honesty

● Refreshing

● Reality

● Holism

● Acceptance

● Rebellious way of thinking

● fidelity

● Strategic  irreverence

It also effects upon our day to day life.  It effects upon our thinking.  It moves beyond self experience of life. It helps us to understand things powerfully and alive. It also connect with bhuddhism idea of compassion. Suffering is not our enemy but greatest friend. We learn more from suffering.

" Learning is a gift even when pain is your teacher ."

● Things you can do to live more Existentially :

10) Questioning

9)  Relating to pictures

8) Learn  from experience

7) Claim to your power in life

6) Freedom

5) Passion

4) Inhabite the present movement

3)Recover ability to play

2)Build responsible community

1)Remember you are born in brilliant and terrifying universe

Life is like iceberg. Life is actually far deeper , far more subtle. It is beyond our imagination. The things which we can see it not actually truth it is beyond than that.

Video : 10 Let's sum up : Essentialism to Existentialism 

The crave for meaning. Meaning of things created by religion , society. We think that all the things have meaning but this idea is itself meaningless. According to Aristotal  and Plato everything has an essence including us. Essence give you purpose because you born to be a certain things.  Existentialism denied any sort of teleology. It means that God made the universe and world and us with any particular purpose in his mind. Existentialism based on the idea of " Existence precedes Essence ". It means our birth happens first and after that it is up to us to determine our self and crate our own essence.

●Which video you like the most and why ? 

I like video no 8  and video no 3. Video number 3 connects Existentialism with the Greek myth sisyphus. It describes philosophical suicide. Sisyphus was punished to roll a rock up to mountain to have roll down back from mountain when it reaches. He was so much habituated this work he could not find absurdity into it. Human life is like this. Human being so much habituate with their rutin life that they find pleasure into it. It becomes their comfort zone. They could not come out of this. So this way they committed philosophical suicide. So myth is very well connected with the philosophical idea of Existentialism.

 In video number 8 reflects idea of Ubermensch . It means human being is  free to do anything he likes . It connected with free from fear of God. Human are able to do anything. They are not govern by idea of God.

● How would you describe 'learning outcome' about this activity?

This learning activity through the watching videos help me to understand basic concept. This video help to increase my listening skills. I found many different views to understanding Existentialism. Visualising and listening the  video help me to understand it.