angst

existentialism

Friedrich Nietzsche

Soren Kierkegaard

is a form of suffering caused by too much thinking.

A form of suffering caused by too much thinking; a phenomenon probably incomprehensible to anyone who owns a recreational vehicle.

is a phenomenon probably incomprehensible to anyone who owns a recreational vehicle.

ANGST a phenomenon probably incomprehensible to anyone who owns a recreational vehicle.

is a fundamental mood directed toward being as a whole rather than toward specific beings.

Angst. is a rare fundamental mood directed toward being as a whole rather than toward specific beings. By confronting us with nothingness, Angst reveals the finitude of being, and leads us to won- der: “why is there something rather than nothing at all?” Heidegger claims that the mood of Angst is always with us, but most of the time it is “asleep,” and is awakened only in special cases.

is always with us, but most of the time it is asleep in us.

Angst. is a rare fundamental mood directed toward being as a whole rather than toward specific beings. By confronting us with nothingness, Angst reveals the finitude of being, and leads us to wonder: “why is there something rather than nothing at all?” Heidegger claims that the mood of Angst is always with us, but most of the time it is “asleep,” and is awakened only in special cases.

is a confrontation with nothingness, a confrontation which reveals the finitude of being, and leads us to wonder: “Why is there something rather than nothing at all?”

is uncanny, Un-heimlich, not at home (un = not + home = Heim + -lich = -ish).

Angst is uncanny, and the German word Un-heimlich indicates that it makes us feel not at home (home = Heim).

is a mood that neither grasps nothingness in conceptual terms, nor views it as some sort of object. We remain calm in the mood of Angst, despite its sheer uncanniness. We shrink back, but do not flee.

Angst neither grasps nothingness in conceptual terms, nor views it as some sort of object. We remain calm in the mood of Angst, despite its sheer uncanniness. We shrink back, but do not flee.

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