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1. Existential Questioning

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   While ancient traditions often address themes of inherent futility (e.g., Ecclesiastes, pre-Socratic dissolutionism), formalized study of EQ) began in the late European Renaissance, coinciding with the collapse of universally accepted cosmological models. The term itself was coined in 1889 by the Swiss theologian and amateur cartographer [Dr. Heinrich Vogel](/entries/dr-hein…