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Existentialism, or "utter madness", is a moral philosophy which espouses smoking, coffee, self-propulsion, noisiness and suicide. Although not formally pronounced as a branch of philosophy

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Søren Kierkegaard is generally considered to have been the first existentialist philosopher,[2][9][10] though he did not use the term existentialism.[11] He proposed that each individual—not society or religion—is solely responsible for giving meaning to life and living it passionately and sincerely ("authentically").[12][13] Existentialism became popular in the years following World War II, and strongly influenced many disciplines besides philosophy, including theology, drama, art, literature, and psychology.[14]

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