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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

What is an existential crisis?

He might have the answer ... Albert Camus ponders life and everything.
He might have the answer ... Albert Camus ponders life and everything. Photograph: Loomis Dean//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

What is an existential crisis? Public people, particularly politicians, are always saying something is “an existential crisis”. How is it different from any other kind of crisis?

Paul Gunnion, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland

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