Contents

Unit-1: Kierkegaard                                          9
Who was Kierkegaard?
The Three Stages of Human Existence

Stages on life's way 
The Aesthetic as the First Stage on Life's Way
The Ethical as the Second Stage on Life's Way 

The Religious as the Third Stage on Life's Way 

Other Traditions
Subjectivity and Truth 

Concept of Truth

 Kierkegaard and Truth as Subjectivity 

Subjective Truth within the Therapeutic Process

Concluding Remarks
Questions
Unit-II: Nietzsche                                            41
Nietzsche: An Introduction
The Major Philosophical Ideas Underlying Nietzsche's Existential Perspective
Nihilism in the Existential Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
The Concept of Perspectivism in the Existential Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
The Death of God
The Concept of the Superman in the Existential Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
The Will to Power
Questions
Unit-III: Heidegger                                          75
Heidegger and His Philosophical Contributions
The Concept of Dasein in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegge
Being-in-the World and Temporality
Care and the Question of Primordial Truth in the Philosophy of
Martin Heidegger
General Concept of Authentic Existence
Martin Heidegger's Concept of Authentic Existence
Heidegger's Concept of Temporality (Time)
Questions
Unit-IV: Sartre                                              117
What is Existentialism?
Sartre's Existential Philosophy in brief
The Existential Dictum "Existence Precedes Essence"
What are essence and existence?
Critical Estimate of Sartre's Existence Precedes Essence
Freedom and Choice
The Idea of Being in Existentialism
Freedom and Bad-Faith
The anguish of freedom
Living in Bad Faith
Sartre's Concept of Freedom, Determinism, and Human Responsibility
Criticisms and Significance of Sartre's Concept of Freedom
Questions
Bibliography