Existentialism Is a Humanism Glossary

by Jean-Paul Sartre

Existentialism Is a Humanism Glossary

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Determinism

A philosophical doctrine which says that events are determined by external forces, but not free will.

Doctrine

A set of beliefs held by a group

Endow

To be born with/bestowed with

Existentialism

A philosophical doctrine which says that humans - and humans alone - have free will and shape their life through their own actions.

Forlorn

Hopeless

Forthwith

Immediately

Futile

Hopeless; useless

Humanism

A philosophical doctrine which emphasizes humans beings and their feelings over religious or supernatural matters.

Inclinations

Peoples' tendencies

Treatise

A disquisition/essay

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