2. Jean Paul Sartre – (1905-1980); French existentialist; believed that humans simply exist and did not believe in God, reason, and progress

3. existentialism – philosophy that basically said God did not exist and human existence as unexplainable; came of age in France during the years immediately followed World War II; terrible conditions of the war reinforced the existential view of life

4. Albert Schweitzer – (1875-1965); theologian who wrote Quest of the Historical Jesus; argued that Christ while on earth was a completely natural man whose teachings had been only temporary rules to prepare himself and his disciples for the end of the world

5. Soren Kierkegaard - (1813-1855); Danish religious philosopher; ideas were extremely influential, rejected formalistic religious and denounced the worldliness of the Danish Lutheran church; eventually resolved his person anguish over his imperfect nature by making a total relig

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George Orwell, Mona Lisa, Wassily Kandinsky, Leni Riefenstahl, Alban Berg, Max Planck, Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rite Spring, Decline West, western civilization,