Oct 27, 2011 · These kinds of absurdity are driving Camus’s question about suicide, but his way of proceeding evokes another kind of absurdity, one less well-defined, namely, the “absurd …

The essential paradox arising in Camus's philosophy concerns his central notion of absurdity. Accepting the Aristotelian idea that philosophy begins in wonder, Camus argues that human …

Jan 6, 2023 · To declare that existence is absurd is to deny that it can ever be given a meaning; to say that it is ambiguous is to assert that its meaning is never fixed” (1947 [1948, 129]).

Jun 26, 2009 · For Camus, the ‘absurd’ mainly designates this resistance of the world to our endeavours. Whilst we crave for sense and harmony, the world has nothing to offer but chaos …

In his brief essay, “Remarque sur la Révolte” (Camus 1965, 1682–97), published in 1945, Camus mentioned Being and Nothingness twice while first laying out his idea of revolt.

Although in political argument he frequently took refuge in a tone of moral superiority, Camus makes clear through his skepticism that those he disagrees with are no less and no more than …

In his brief essay, “Remarque sur la Révolte” (Camus 1965, 1682–97), published in 1945, Camus mentioned Being and Nothingness twice while first laying out his idea of revolt.

May 18, 2004 · Albert Camus illustrated this absurdity in his philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus. For Camus, Sisyphus heroically does not try to escape his absurd task of endlessly …

May 15, 2007 · Athough this rationale for nihilism was prominent in the modern era (and was more or less Camus’ position), it has been on the wane in analytic philosophical circles, as …

Feb 4, 2003 · An absurd consequence of the theory would be that women own their children as property whom they can dispose of at will. Not only is this result morally absurd, but there is …