Jaspers sees the historical meaning of existential philosophy as a struggle to awaken in the individual the possibilities of an authentic and genuine life, in the face of the great modern drift toward a standardized mass society.

— William Barrett Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958)

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