Albert Camus
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French writer and philosopher (1913 to 1960), born in Algeria, author of The Stranger, The Plague and The Myth of Sisyphus, and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize…
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It is legitimate and necessary to ask whether life has meaning, and so to face suicide squarely (opens korrents.com)
“The fundamental subject of The Myth of Sisyphus is this: it is legitimate and necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning; therefore it is legitimate to meet the problem of suicide face to face.”
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Judging whether life is worth living is answering the fundamental question of philosophy (opens korrents.com)
“Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.”
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Hope is the typical act of evasion, and a fatal one (opens korrents.com)
“The typical act of eluding, the fatal evasion that constitutes the third theme of this essay, is hope.”
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It is legitimate and necessary to ask whether life has meaning, and so to face suicide squarely (opens korrents.com)