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
wall destiny rebel
The ancients, even though they believed in destiny , believed primarily in nature , in which they participated wholeheartedly. To rebel against nature amounted to rebelling against oneself. It was butting one's head against a wall.
feelings way rebellion
Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
order rebellion form
The most elementary form of rebellion, paradoxically , expresses an aspiration for order .
facts strange rebellion
Then we understand that rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love. Those who find no rest in God or in history are condemned to live for those who, like themselves, cannot live; in fact, for the humiliated.
progress revolution rebellion
Human rebellion ends in metaphysical revolution. It progresses from appearances to acts, from the dandy to the revolutionary.
spirit problem rebellion
The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion, therefore, has no meaning except within our own Western society.
men order rebel
In order to exist, man must rebel.
unity demand rebellion
In every rebellion is to be found the metaphysical demand for unity, the impossibility of capturing it, and the construction of a substitute universe.
unity kind rebellion
Every rebellion implies some kind of unity.
strange rebellion form
Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.
noble demand rebellion
It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.
rebellion awareness born
With rebellion, awareness is born
life rebel existentialism
I rebel; therefore I exist.
men doe rebel
What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.