Provides answers to questions about existentialism, existentialist philosophers and their beliefs (Sarte, Nietzsche, Marcel) on what existentialism is.

Existentialism is a philosophical movement that argues, "Existence precedes essence." The individual must exercise his freewill to decide his or her own "essential" nature. The concept of existence preceding essence is very important to the philosophy of Existentialism because it describes the only possible reality as the judge of good or evil.

Essay contains questions and answers relating to Albert Camus's philosophy of existentialism.

This essay reflects on existentialism and parallels it to characters found in Greek mythology.

Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despare with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he made decisive choice about his own future. That is the way to achieve dignity as a human being. Existentialists felt that adopting a social or political cause was one way of giving purpose to a life.

The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote that "man is condemned to be free." While it is considered that fascism slowly kills of the mind through oppression, its exact opposite (freedom) slowly kills the conscience through personal liberty. Whenever an individual must decide from several equally good options, and that individual must be held accountable for the decision he or she makes, the freedom otherwise enjoyed by that individual becomes more of a condemnation and a potential trap.