To the question on the genesis of the problem of freedom in the existential philosophy
It is analyzed the origin of the problem of freedom with reference to the modern understanding of freedom as the epiphenomenon of culture. Not without attention to the history of world philosophy existential type, where special place takes 30-40s of XIX-XX centuries in the person of S. Kierkegaard and J.P. Sartre, and N.A. Berdyaev. Freedom is one of the most powerful regulators and main transcendental value of the person. This freedom imposes the responsibility on media freedom, on the individual. Freedom is the only condition of adequate perception of reality, freedom is the final realization of the inner harmony of man and the ultimate expression of overcoming his Ego. And only the individual, able to transcending in the exercise of the freedom, creates meaning and thus is the source, tool, and, ultimately, the result of the development of culture, which for this purpose gives people freedom.