Problem
Watch this YouTube video "Existentialism: Crash Course Philosophy #16", then answer the following questions:
a) Plato and Aristotle believed all things had an essence. What is essential about a knife?
b) What is the three word "mantra" of existentialism?
c) What do existentialists mean when they talk about "the absurd"?
d) Why did World War II lead many people to eventually embrace existentialism?
e) What did Sartre mean when he said we should live "authentically"?
f) What did Sartre mean by "bad faith"?
g) Some people think Existentialism is a bleak or cynical philosophy, but others strongly disagree. Explain how existentialism can be a force of good in the world.