Tenets of Existentialism

• 1. Existence takes precedence over essence.
• 2. Existentialism opposes the split between subject and object.
• 3. People search for some meaning in their lives.• Who am I?• Is life worth living?
• 4. Existentialists hold that, ultimately, each of us is responsible forwho we are and what we become.
• 5. Existentialists are antitheoretical.