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In ''[[Repetition (Kierkegaard)|Repetition]]'', [[Kierkegaard]]'s literary character ''Young Man'' laments:
In ''[[Repetition (Kierkegaard)|Repetition]]'', [[Kierkegaard]]'s literary character ''Young Man'' laments:
:''How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?'' <ref name="rep">Kierkegaard, Søren. ''Repetition'' in Kierkegaard's Writings, vol. 6, Princeton University Press, 1983</ref>
:''How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager—I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?'' Kierkegaard, Søren. ''Repetition'' in Kierkegaard's Writings, vol. 6, Princeton University Press, 1983
Heidegger coined the term "[[thrownness]]" (also used by [[Sartre]]) to describe this idea that human beings are "thrown" into existence without having chosen it. Existentialists consider being thrown into existence as prior to, and the horizon or context of, any other thoughts or ideas that humans have or definitions of themselves that they create.
Heidegger coined the term "[[thrownness]]" (also used by [[Sartre]]) to describe this idea that human beings are "thrown" into existence without having chosen it. Existentialists consider being thrown into existence as prior to, and the horizon or context of, any other thoughts or ideas that humans have or definitions of themselves that they create.
