a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
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a man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.
Iris Murdoch’s words: “Man is a creature who makes pictures of himself and then comes to resemble the picture.”
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
Iris Murdoch’s words: “Man is a creature who makes pictures of himself and then comes to resemble the picture.”
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
a persistent theme that has a deep Augustinian resonance weaves its way throughout Camus’s corpus. It could be named in different ways: exile, alienation, stranger-hood.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
As Albert Camus said, “Man is a creature who spends his entire life trying to convince himself that his existence is not absurd.”
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense.
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
— Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
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This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.
Albert Camus • The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
Camus refers to the Artist as wholly embodying the absurd life, creating a new world parallel to our existing one that is entirely satisfied with description instead of explanation. This defines absurdity. The explanation for things is irrelevant, because in the grand scheme, there are none. All we have at our disposal are our descriptions, our per... See more
Mark Sabino • Camus and Curren$y: Why I Preach Indie
Like Cottard he felt a need for friendly contacts, human warmth.