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The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International)
Dying voluntarily implies that you have recognized, even instinctively, the ridiculous character of that habit, the absence of any profound reason for living, the insane character of that daily agitation, and the uselessness of suffering.
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Rodrigo Portaro added 9mo ago
a sense, and as in melodrama, killing yourself amounts to confessing. It is confessing that life is too much for you or that you do not understand it.
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Rodrigo Portaro added 9mo ago
I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Benyamin Elias added 8mo ago
Nietzsche claims, that a philosopher, to deserve our respect, must preach by example,
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Rodrigo Portaro added 9mo ago
This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, is properly the feeling of absurdity.
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Rodrigo Portaro added 9mo ago
I am taking the liberty at this point of calling the existential attitude philosophical suicide.
from The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage International) by Albert Camus
Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago
One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity. It is an insistence upon an impossible transparency. It challenges the world anew every second. Just as danger provided man the unique opportunity of seizing awareness, so metaphysical revolt extends awareness to the wh
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Zach Kirshner added 6mo ago
“It’s absurd” means “It’s impossible” but also “It’s contradictory.” If I see a man armed only with a sword attack a group of machine guns, I shall consider his act to be absurd. But it is so solely by virtue of the disproportion between his intention and the reality he will encounter, of the contradiction I notice between his true strength and the
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Zach Kirshner added 8mo ago