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
men feelings mind
The mind's deepest desire, even in its most elaborate operations, parallels man's unconscious feeling in the face of his universe: it is an insistence upon familiarity, an appetite for clarity.
feelings way rebellion
Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
sky feelings harmony
I was born poor and without religion, under a happy sky, feeling harmony, not hostility, in nature. I began not by feeling torn, but in plenitude.
men feelings faces
At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.
feelings way needs
I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.
feelings splendid sisyphus
Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject.
joy feelings happiness-and-love
For me, physical love has always been bound to an irresistible feeling of innocence and joy. Thus, I cannot love in tears but in exaltation.
passion light feelings
Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate.
feelings may intense
An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.
mean feelings existential
Like great works, deep feelings always mean more than they are conscious of saying.
future historians modern sentence single suffice
I sometimes think of what future historians will say of us. A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.
french-philosopher great last shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.
great judgement last secret shall takes wait
I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement, it takes place every day.
itself mind watches whose
An intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself