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
actual existence human potential speaks terms today whoever
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and ''historical tasks'' is an actual or potential assassin.
wanted humans human-beings
And then came human beings; humans wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to.
term humans
Yes, I'm happy, in human terms.
relationship helping humans
Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose a future...
heart stubborn humans
There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.
greatness echoes humanity
For those of us who have been thrown into hell, mysterious melodies and the torturing images of a vanished beauty will always bring us, in the midst of crime and folly, the echo of that harmonious insurrection which bears witness, throughout the centuries, to the greatness of humanity.
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Every ideology is contrary to human psychology.
possession humans human-beings
No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession.
greek humanity pandoras-box
From Pandora's Box, where all the ills of humanity swarmed, the Greeks drew out hope after all the others, as the most dreadful of all. I know no more stirring symbol; for, contrary to the general belief, hope equals resignation. And to live is not to resign oneself.
men kind human-nature
A living man can be enslaved and reduced to the historic condition of an object. But if he dies in refusing to be enslaved, he reaffirms the existence of another kind of human nature which refuses to be classified as an object.
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Peace is the only battle worth waging.
struggle heart humans
The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL.
dimensions essentials human-nature
The urge to revolt is one of the essential dimensions of human nature.
sometimes plague humans
They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love.