As someone who have never learned nor cared about Camus, I'd like an explanation.
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Camus believed that under the assumption that there is no god that life is inherently meaningless. He called this the absurd. He stated that there are the paths to dealing with the absurd: refuse to acknowledge it, acknowledge become depressed and commit suicide, or rebel.
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He believed rebelling was the only good choice and that to rebel we must realize the freedom and pleasure that comes with life's meaninglessness. For if it is all pointless you are free to love your life how you want since in the end it doesn't matter and we're all going to die.
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Yeah but, what's the point of the repetition in the comics? And the "Camus Am I" and all of that poetry?
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Thank you for banning Camus-related tobacco use from this children's book. Smoking addiction starts young
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sisyphus is inspired by camus?
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Camus did a 4 part essay where he examined his branch of existentialism (absurdism sub-branch) and he used The Myth of Sisyphus as the backdrop. The most famous part of the 4 part essay is the last chapter which is only 1400 words when translated to English and it is the meat
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of the essay. Since it is so short and so intense you can easily find chapter 4 of this essay for free on the internet.
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Is the blond-haired guy Samuel Beckett? ...Or is he Caligula?
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Kawaisa Camus is the best Camus
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One part in The Myth of Sisyphus sums it up: "The philosopher, even if he is Kant, is a creator. He has his characters, his symbols, and his secret action. ..." (pg. 100, Vintage paperback) "even if" :)
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How wholesome
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Holy shit.
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I love this so, so much
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