... 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 ... innermost meaning; lived like a hermit in a soundproof apartment for 10 years, withdrawing from the present to dwell on the past 13. Virginia Woolf - (1882-1941); novelist; turned novel, Jacob's Room, into a...

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