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“What is a rebel? A man who says no.” This quote can be attributed to one of the most famous existentialist’s of all time, Albert Camus. He and others like him were often called rebels because of what they believed in, because what they believed in went against the norm.
Existentialism is a very contradictory and very controversial philosophy. Existentialism tries to make sense of mankind’s desire to make rational decisions in an otherwise irrational universe. What existentialism gets at is that either there is no inherent meaning in life, or it has a meaning we can not comprehend. Either way, we are forced to define our own meanings, even if they might lose their value over time. And this brings about the basic truth in existentialism- The individual defines everything.
Although this is the basis of existentialism, the philosophies of existentialists are often contradictory. Sometimes, these individuals can even contradict themselves, through their actions and their writings.......

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