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Parent topics
- Philosophy [r]: The study of the meaning and justification of beliefs about the most general, or universal, aspects of things. [e]
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- Nicola Abbagnano [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Martin Buber [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rudolf Bultmann [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Albert Camus [r]: (1913-60) Algerian-French existentialist philosopher and novelist; classic quote is "The only serious philosophical problem is that of suicide" (i.e., is life meaningful?) [e]
- Christian existentialism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Existentialism in art [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fyodor Dostoevsky [r]: (1821-81) Russian writer; wrote Crime and Punishment, The Possessed, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov along with other well-known works. [e]
- Søren Kierkegaard [r]: (May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855) was a 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher. [e]
- Friedrich Nietzsche [r]: (1844–1900) German philosopher and writer who developed key concepts of morality, religion and the contemporary culture of Europe. [e]
- Jean-Paul Sartre [r]: French existentialist philosopher and prolific writer (including drama and playwriting). [e]
- Continental philosophy [r]: Collective term for the many distinct philospohical traditions, methods, and styles that predominated on the European continent (particularly France and Germany) from the time of Immanuel Kant. [e]
- Critical theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Metanarrative [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Irish literary renaissance [r]: A movement among Irish literary artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, involving such figures as W.B. Yeats and James Joyce. [e]
- Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. [e]
- Phenomenon (Kant's philosophy) [r]: Something that is shown, or revealed, or manifest in experience, as opposed to a noumenon. [e]
- Totalitarianism [r]: Any political system, or ideologies that support such a system, in which a centralized political authority controls every aspects of life. [e]
- World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). [e]