Quote for the day: Søren Kierkegaard, a pioneer of existentialism, believed life is understood in hindsight but lived in the present. His quote "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be ...

Existentialism is a philosophical theory and a literary perspective. Its central proposition is that the world has no a ...

Is critique all we have left?” Eric Fordham posed this intriguing  question in the essay he presented at the Philosophy Discussion Group meeting on March 3, 2026. It’s a topic rarely pondered outside ...

"Existentialism" is a label first applied in the West, but it can and should rightly be recognized as emerging in various ...

Others have dealt with more profound aspects of the life of Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, who will be buried tomorrow. Herewith is the private Olunloyo, from reminiscences of someone he never met, but ...

If you’ve ever sat alone, questioning your purpose, your relationships, or even the meaning of life, don’t worry, you’re not alone. These movies explore those very thoughts. They’re deep, emotional, ...

“It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish,” Jean-Paul Sartre wrote in Being and Nothingness. It is as if he was reflecting on Arjuna’s confusion at the outset of the Kurukshetra ...

The literary lion of Paris bounced into Manhattan last week for a brief lecture tour (stops at Yale, Harvard, Princeton). He put up at a genteel midtown hotel—partly because he could find no other ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Jeremy has more than 2300 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people find a sense of meaning in their lives. It is less rigidly structured than other types of therapy and focuses on exploring a ...

Purposeless, accidental and random. That is what you are, as per the philosophy of the existentialists, an influential, yet controversial school of thought that dominated the intellectual scene of ...