“There is no doctrine more optimistic [than existentialism], for it asserts that human destiny lies within oneself.”
Many people will be surprised by what I have to say here about humanism. We will try to determine exactly how we understand it. In any case, let’s begin by saying that what we mean by “existentialism” is a doctrine that enables human life to unfold and also affirms that every truth and every action implies a human context and subjectivity.