existentialism - Concepts

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Concepts

Eternal Recurrence - Nietzsche's thought experiment: would you live your life exactly the same, infinitely?
Categorical Desires - Desires that give us reasons to continue living, as opposed to conditional desires that assume we are already alive.
Mortality Salience - Conscious awareness of one's eventual death and its profound psychological effects on behavior, attitudes, and worldview.
Existential Authenticity - Living true to oneself by taking responsibility for creating one's own meaning and values.
Absurdism - Camus's philosophy confronting the conflict between human meaning-seeking and an indifferent universe.