Other early existential philosophers, including Friedrich Nietzche and Fyodor Dostoevsky, wrote about creating one’s own ...

To that end, the philosophy of existentialism propounded in the 19th and 20th centuries, provided a bulwark against the growing collectivist tendencies of that age. Danish theologian and ...

Kierkegaard: Embracing Anxiety and Authenticity Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) is often considered the father of existentialism. He emphasized the importance of subjective truth, arguing that each ...

The meaning of life is one of the world's biggest unanswered questions, and pondering existentialism—a way of thinking that focuses on what it means for people to exist—is something that ...