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Old 01-31-2009, 08:55 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Happybird View Post
Is there any reason at all, any proof at all for this assumption that this "existential angst" even exists? I heard a lot of philosphers and other people talk about it, but no-one I have ever met seems to suffer from it...

different philosophers used the term in various ways
Existentialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

but
I like the more modern day and simpler version-

as someone frustrated to find meaning for the existance -a purpose

so this version would be the one that could apply to recent times
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