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   Is life absurd?

   • If you haven’t noticed, life is absurd. We humans strive to find meaning in the world, and the world responds with cold indifference. This contrast, often made evident when senseless and meaningless tragedy occurs, is inherent to most people’s relationship to the world.

   Albert Camus on why accepting absurdity is the start of a fruitful life

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   What is 'existentialist' absurdism?

   • His answer was perhaps a little depressing. He thought that life had no meaning, that nothing exists that could ever be a source of meaning, and hence there is something deeply absurd about the human quest to find meaning. Appropriately, then, his philosophical view was called (existentialist) absurdism.

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   Is it possible to embrace our lives' absurdity?

   • However, Albert Camus reminds us that it is possible to embrace our lives’ absurdity and use that as the starting point for both a new connection with the rest of humanity and a bold experiment in living. Nobody said it was easy, but the alternative may be more difficult in our increasingly absurd world.

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   How does Camus describe absurdism?

   • Camus describes a number of absurdist fictional characters and activities, including Don Juan and Dostoevsky’s Kirolov (The Possessed), theater, and literary creation. And then he concludes with the story of Sisyphus, who fully incarnates a sense of life’s absurdity, its “futility and hopeless labor” (MS, 119).

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   Are We condemned to absurdity by the human condition?

   • Ultimately, then, while Camus believes we are condemned to absurdity by the human condition, his point is that that’s not necessarily a cause for despair — in fact it’s only by confronting this absurdity and heroically carrying on in spite of it that a truly authentic life can be lived.

   Albert Camus on Rebelling against Life’s Absurdity

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   Is absurdity a property of existence?

   • For Sartre absurdity is obviously a fundamental ontological property of existence itself, frustrating us but not restricting our understanding. For Camus, on the other hand, absurdity is not a property of existence as such, but is an essential feature of our relationship with the world.

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2. bigthink.com › personal-growth › the-meaning-of-lifeAlbert Camus on suicide, absurdity, and the meaning of life

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   Mar 20, 2023 · Camus tells us that the answer is to embrace the meaninglessness. The person who can truly know that life is absurd and get through it with a smile is an Absurd Hero. Camus was a...

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   Feb 3, 2021 · If you haven’t noticed, life is absurd. We humans strive to find meaning in the world, and the world responds with cold indifference. This contrast, often made evident when senseless and...

4. medium.com › @slmnsn › absurdism-albert-camus-andAbsurdism: Albert Camus and the Quest for the Meaning of Life

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   May 17, 2024 · Albert Camus’ philosophy of Absurdism presents a profound reflection on the meaning of life. By recognizing and accepting the absurdity of existence, and by choosing to live authentically and...

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6. www.thephilosophyofthings.blog › p › embracing-lifesEmbracing Life's Absurdity: The Philosophy of Albert Camus

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   Mar 25, 2024 · Camus viewed life and human existence as being absurd. Life’s ‘absurdity’ is basically the product of what happens when the irrationality and unreasonableness of the universe clashes with the human need for meaning and order.

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   Feb 27, 2015 · He thought that life had no meaning, that nothing exists that could ever be a source of meaning, and hence there is something deeply absurd about the human quest to find meaning. Appropriately, then, his philosophical view was called (existentialist) absurdism.

8. philosophybreak.com › articles › absurdity-with-camusAlbert Camus on Rebelling against Life’s Absurdity

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   Albert Camus thinks rather than deny life’s absurdity with comforting delusions, we can establish a more authentic happiness by perpetually scorning our absurd fate. Occasionally, we might be struck by a disturbing feeling: that life is absurd, and nothing we do matters.

9. plato.stanford.edu › entries › camusAlbert Camus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Oct 27, 2011 · Camus sees this question of suicide as a natural response to an underlying reality, namely, that life is absurd. It is absurd to continually seek meaning in life when there is none; and it is absurd to hope for some form of continued existence after death, which results in our extinction.