Value does not exist out in the world, waiting for people to discover it and neither does purpose. Freedom and self creation are paramount to Sartre, and he is the originator of existence preceding essence. At the end of World War II in 1945, Sartre gave a speech called "Existentialism is a Humanism", distilling the contents of his major work Being and Nothingness and largely defining how later philosophers have come to define the existentialist movement. Sartre is one of the most famous and recognizable French existentialist philosophers, likely because he refers to himself as "existentialist" in his work. Much of his later work is dedicated to understanding this fear, overcoming it, and getting Regine back. Kierkegaard broke off his engagement to Regine his fear of losing her so great that he decided ending things himself was better than them ending some other way. Kierkegaard's engagement to Regine Olsen plays an important part in his work and the concept of faith. Taking a "leap of faith" is instrumental to facing that anxiety, and means making a commitment to something in the world. Feeling anxiety is a sign of engagement with one's life. Leaving the comfort of what one has been told and making one's own decisions with the failure that could entail is foundational to being a person. Kierkegaard believes that being an individual, or a "self" means embracing uncertainty and anxiety. Danish philosopher and theologian well known for his work on anxiety and faith.
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