Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
church empires sun
Empires and churches are born under the sun of death.
used
Maman used to say that you can always find something to be happy about.
men machines firsts
So the thing that bothered me most was that the condemned man had to hope the machine would work the first time.
mean ends
No ends, simply means.
doors four stranger
And it was like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness.
men liberty want
...he said firmly, "God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble." "Obviously," I replied, "they were at liberty to do so, if they felt like it." I, however, didn’t want to be helped, and I hadn’t time to work up interest for something that didn’t interest me.
doctors suffering taught
Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering.
passion fate reflection
Yes, I know what passion would fill me with all its power. Before, I was too young. I got in the way. Now I know that acting and loving and suffering is living, of course, but it’s only living insofar as you can be transparent and accept your fate, like the unique reflection of a rainbow of joys and passions which is the same for everyone.
men judging-yourself mind
You know, a man always judges himself by the balance he can strike between the needs of his body and the demands of his mind. You're judging yourself now, Mersaut, and you don't like the sentence.
suicide illustration married
I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.
death matter stranger
Since we're all going to die, it's obvious that when and how don't matter.
hurt
They hurt each other without wanting to, just because each represented to the others the cruel and demanding necessity of their lives.
doe logic classic
The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill himself. Kirilov must therefore kill himself to become god. That logic is absurd, but it is what is needed.
happiness money taken
A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.