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Existentialism
In our individual routines, each and every one of us strive to be
the best that we are capable of being. How peculiar this is; we aim for
similar goals, yet the methods we enact are unique. Just as no two people
have the same fingerprint, no two have identical theories on how to live
life. While some follow religious outlines to aspire to a level of moral
excellence, others pursue different approaches. Towa ....
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.... (Aristotle).
Existentialism declares that the individual must choose his way;
there is no predetermination. Since the universe is meaningless and absurd,
people must set their own ethical standards. The universe does not
predetermine moral rules. Each person strives toward a unique moral
perfection. The Nineteenth-Century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard,
who was the first writer to call himself e)existential, reacted against
tradition by insisting that the highest g ....
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