Martin Heidegger contributed greatly to the existentialist branch. Existentialism is “a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will”(Oxford University Press, 1 ). His book Being and Time discussed the meaning of being. Although Heidegger didn’t consider himself as a true existentialist his work and his being has influenced this branch. He appeared to be a complex character that was morally dead taking no responsibilities and I interpret him as a philosopher as a nihilistic existentialist.
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