Existentialism Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Existentialism.
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“Philosophical pessimism”
“Wikipedia: Existentialism”
“Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.”
“If Nietzsche is the father of existentialism, then perhaps Darwin deserves the title of grandfather.”
“This characteristic of Dasein’s being—this “that it is”—is veiled in its “whence” and “whither.””
“Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature”
“Existential Analysis published by The Society for Existential Analysis”
“Buddhists, Existentialists and Situationists: Waking up in Waking Life”
“"Existentialism is a Humanism", a lecture given by Jean-Paul Sartre”
“To assume that one’s existential task is completed when the individual is brought into right relation with society, that is, when the individual has been socialized, is to absolutize society and confuse society with God.”
“The dilemma created by the existentialist “leap” is inescapable. Every attempted escape becomes an escape from existentialism itself. … It is one of the characteristics of existentialism that its adherents are continually on the verge of apostasy.”
“The existential attitude is one of involvement in contrast to a merely theoretical or detached attitude. “Existential” in this sense can be defined as participating in a situation, especially a cognitive situation, with the whole of one’s existence.”
“Dasein is a being that does not simply occur among other beings. Rather it is ontically distinguished by the fact that in its being this being is concerned about its very being. Thus it is constitutive of the being of Dasein to have, in its very being, a relation of being to this being.”