Existentialism

[Jungle Boots]

i find existentialism incredibly uplifting, the concept that divine exists, and not only do we experience it, but are part of it all together is incredible.

i havent read a whole lot of Nietzsche, just a bit of Zarathustra, but i have read and discussed some other existentialist philosophers and find it very upligting, very positive. you have to look at it in the right light though.  

[naive melody]

I absolutely adore Nietzsche.

I like the idea of existentialism because it makes a lot more sense to me than the idea of fate or the idea that our lives are controlled by some higher power.. However I don't think the idea that what happens to you is always up to you is very accurate.  

[Khalida Nyoka]

Seeing as the thread is about existentialism and not Nihilism, I'll be going away from good ol' Friedrich.

If you want a crash course, and likely a headache, then I'd suggest picking up the majority of Martin Heidegger's works (his most famous is titled "Being in Time" if I remember correctly).

Existentialism just is, in my opinion. Nothing more than a collection of perspectives on life, and a gaggle of authors who discuss it. That, of course, is merely a description of what forms existentialism. Truth be told, it has a wide variety of possibilities for what it can truly be, and can only lose sight of itself when it tries to go beyond its own bounds or be pigeon-holed with other philosophies.

Thus concludes a post on existentialism from an, albeit lofty, existentialist perspective.