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Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
But unlike France — which has both Napoleonic history and darkly muttering existentialists wandering the streets of Paris to remind everyone just how bad things can get — we Americans have no natural immunity.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
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
Its authors include astronomer Johannes Kepler and Galileo, as well as philosophers across centuries, from Erasmus and René Descartes to feminist Simone de Beauvoir and existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre.
—Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
But unlike France — which has both Napoleonic history and darkly muttering existentialists wandering the streets of Paris to remind everyone just how bad things can get — we Americans have no natural immunity.
—Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2025
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 8 Apr. 2025.
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