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Originally Posted by franalexes
The early 19th century philosopher S?ren Kierkegaard is regarded as the father of existentialism.[ He maintained that the individual is solely responsible for giving his or her own life meaning and for living that life passionately and sincerely in spite of many existential obstacles and distractions including despair, angst, absurdity, alienation, and boredom.
Subsequent existentialist philosophers retain the emphasis on the individual, but differ, in varying degrees, on how one achieves and what constitutes a fulfilling life
So if Ila wants to call it existentialism, he is existentially correct. ...
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I could write a long essay on semantics to disprove that ila would be correct in calling it existentialism, but instead I will concede the point to you because your point isn't really germane to the discussion of the social contract. Let's see you come up with some quote from a philosopher that makes it okay for ila to redefine what "social contract" means.