What does it mean to claim that existence precedes essence

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Assignment:

In a paragraph answer the following question: What does it mean to claim that "existence precedes essence" as existentialism does? Assume the point of view of atheistic existentialists like Sartre and Camus and write a critique of either Greek Rationalism or the Judaic and Christian religious traditions.

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