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Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. He is associated with existentialism and absurdism.
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Absurdists/Nihilists/Existentialists take on as to why there is no intrinsic meaning to life
So, I just got into absurdism (formally-as a "branch" in philosophy, though I had been thinking in similar terms for a longer period now), and currently am reading "The Myth of Sysiphus" by Albert ...
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Is Sisyphus actually happy or is he content?
I am having trouble understanding what Camus meant when he says "One must imagine Sisyphus is happy" in the essay The Myth of Sisyphus. What does Camus mean by happiness, and how can Sisyphus be happy ...
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Criticisms on Absurdism
Camus' idea to keep the absurd alive by accepting our innate desire for meaning and even pursuing and yet not giving into hope of ever reaching a meaning to life, what he calls the revolt against the ...
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Why does Camus consider an absurd life better than suicide?
Source: pp 200-201, A Little History of Philosophy (2011 ed; not 2012 Reprint ed.) by Nigel Warburton PhD in Philosophy.
A novice, I am still easing into philosophy with introductions and do not feel ...
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Why Does Camus Maintain That Men Can't Have Freedom Under An All-Powerful God?
I am quoting here something from The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus:
The problem of 'freedom as such' has no meaning. For it is linked in quite a different way with the problem of God. The ...
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Can Camus' 'The Absurd' Be Arrived At Through Reason?
I am currently reading The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. In it, he gives a fair outline of his philosophy.
Camus says that absurdity isn't just the scrutiny of a single fact; it's the paradoxes ...
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What are some book suggestions for further reading about Camus and the absurd, after reading the Stranger and Myth of Sisyphus?
I read The Stranger a long time ago, but I'm sure I missed a lot. More recently I've read a bit of Kierkegaard and now I'm making my way through The Myth of Sisyphus (and am more inclined to agree ...
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Why and how is Camus "against nihilism"?
I see in several sources that Camus is "against nihilism"(though there are also a few that state he utilizes elements of nihilism), however,
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What did Camus mean when he wrote "All thoughts are anthropomorphic"?
I am currently reading the Myth of Sisyphus and I came across the following:
All thoughts are anthropomorphic
My Interpretation
Prior to reading this, I had no idea what "anthropomorphic" meant....
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Explanations of concepts underlying Camus' "The Rebel"?
[Note: First question on this site - I've used other StackExchange sites but this is a first for me. Be gentle.]
I recently began reading Albert Camus' "The Rebel" because it was referenced ...
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Is Camus 'Outsider' an argument for, or a critique of existentialism?
I've read Camus 'Outsider' twice. And have seen it acted out in the theatre.
I do not think I understand it, though I can admire Camus prose style.
Its often taken as canonical in existentialist ...
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What does this quote from Albert Camus mean?
“To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live
in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become
what we were not. it all becomes a question of style.”
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Is existentialism the "practical" nihilism?
Nihilism states that no matter what you do, it's meaningless. But how do you decide then, what to do?
A few years back I read "The Myth of Sisyphus" by Camus, in which he tackles the question, if ...
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Was the European Left confined in a false dichotomy between capitalism and communism?
In the 2004 book "Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It" (link to a brief review/synopsis), the author portrays two of the leading members of the literary class' ...
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Is atheism a requirement for a consistent existentialist philosophy?
Søren Kierkegaard is generally considered to be the "father of existentialism". This always bothered me, since to me Sartre and Camus are the defining figures of the movement, and it seems that there ...
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