PHIHUM:Exitentialism

Philosophical Questions ultimately can be reduced to question of:

• Who am ?

• What am I here for?

• What do I know?

• What do I hope for?

The Greek were concerned with the Nature and Order of the Universe

• Theo-Centric

• Cosmo-Centric

• Anthropo-Centric

• Heleo-Centric

Man is understood as from the point of view of God, as a creature of God, made in His image and likeness, and therefore the apex of His creation.

• Theo-Centric

• Anthropo-Centric

• Cosmo-Centric

• Existentialism

1.1  Man is now understood in his own terms, but basically on reason, thus rationalistic.

• Existentialism

• Theo-Centric

• Cosmo-Centric

• Anthropo-Centric

The father of Existentialism is a Danish Philosopher

• Jean Paul Sartre

• Rene Descartes

• Soren Kiekeegard

• Karl Marx

First, existentialist emphasize man as an actor in contrast to man as _________.

Second, existentialists emphasize man as subject, in contrast to man as:_______.

Thirdly, existentialists stress man’s existence, man as:___________.

Fourthly, existentialists stress on __________ which means differently for each existentialist.

All existentialists make use of the____________.