The statement "No man is an island" gives a comprehensive summation of the existential enlightenment. Through the choices we make, or choose not to make, we subsequently affect the others in our surrounding world, and ultimately the universe at large. Every aspect of our existence - ... be, and God needs you - for which is the meaning of your life" (Buber, 130). Existentialists have there own theories of how man is to live the good life. The philosophers that have been mentioned give us their own theories of what it takes to live the good life. They give us ideas on how man should go about o...

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