Albert Camus (1913ā1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, journalist and novelist. Perhaps not as much of a philosopher (as he denied himself to be) as a novelist with a strong philosophical bent, he is most famous for his work on the Myth of Sisyphus and his...
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It is claimed by some critics that Camus can, at times, be reductive in his analyses and sweeping in his judgements. Nevertheless, there is an optimistic, humanist tone to his works which engages the reader and incites further philosophical enquiry, on the readerās behalf, so...
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Existentialism is a way of thinking about finding oneself and the significance of life through choice, decision, and moral obligation. The belief is that individuals are looking to discover who and what they really are throughout their life as they settle on decisions depending on...
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World War II has gone down in history as one of the deadliest, most brutal, and inhumane wars of all time. It even outshines it predecessor, which was thought to be the āwar to end all warsā, yet not even twenty five years later, a...
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The Stranger, by Albert Camus centres around the protagonist Meursault, an emotionless and indifferent individual. As a result of his nonchalant attitude, he is often viewed as psychologically detached. This is reflected in Camusā use of succinct sentences and simple diction employed in the novel....
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Introduction This paper will examine how the two literary works The Stranger by Albert Camus and Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy challenge or reinforce misconceptions of the East or the so-called āThird Worldā, using Edward Saidās Orientalism and Fanonās The Wretched of the Earth as...
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The Outsider by Albert Camus challenges the readerās opinions through a philosophical perspective on the meaning of life, and absurdist outlooks within a diverse range of settings throughout the novel. Meursault, the protagonist of the story, is represented as an emotionally repressive, misunderstood and unaffected...
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This paper will analyze the title āThe Misunderstandingā* based on Camusās existentialist ideas of Absurdism. āThe Misunderstandingā enfolds the whole universe of this play in it. On reading the text, one realizes how a āmisunderstandingā can change the course of our lives. Our actions and...
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Throughout the novel, The Plague focuses on the philosophy of its characters. This shines in the existentialist views of Tarrou or in both the faith and absurdity of Father Paneloux. Through the previous examples, Albert Camus forces the reader to confront their own beliefs and...
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Do humans have free will? Or are they just objects the greater force plays with? The subject is addressed in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, and āThe Guestā by Albert Camus. These stories portray how humans are being control...
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According to Albert Camus, the Absurd is manās impossible search for meaning in life arising from our desire to understand the world and our existence but never being able to. Camus expands upon this idea by stating that the only response to the absurdity of...
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In Existentialism, there are many figureheads like Jean-Paul Sarte, SĆøren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, and many others with different key doctrines. Freidrich Nietzsche and Albert Camus are important to the Existentialist Movement with Nietzsche being a pioneer for the movement and Camus writing many books and...
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I have not prepared for life or even college in the most traditional manner: I didnāt always have a place to call home, I didnāt have happily married parents, I didnāt have a town that I could grow up in; rather I lived in and...
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Camusā entire philosophy is based on the idea of the absurd life. He argued that life is essentially meaningless. He started his argument on the absurdity of life with the statement āThere is only one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicideā. For others,...
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āThe Myth of Sisyphusā is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus in which Camus presents his philosophy of the absurd. The absurdity consists in opposing the fundamental human need to give meaning to life and the response āunreasonable silenceā of the Universe. The main idea...
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Philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, claiming the death of God, forced the largest announcement upon the Western culture. The world that was built by faith, all of a sudden became irrelevant of all its value. Years of being reliant on a divine being to explain our existence,...
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Viktor Frankyl, a holocaust survivor recounts his time in Aushwitz in his book, āManās Search for Meaningā. He found that while himself and others suffered through one of the greatest tribulations in history, they were still able to find meaning among the suffering and thus...
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