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
war struggle world
Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.
civilization world deeds
A trial cannot be conducted by announcing the general culpability of a civilization. Only the actual deeds which, at least, stank in the nostrils of the entire world were brought to judgment.
world absurd refuge
The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.
silence ears world
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.
doors world attention
Because,' Cormery went on, 'when I was very young, very foolish, and very much alone ... you paid attention to me and, without seeming to, you opened for me the door to everything I love in the world.
believe men world
I continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning. But I know that something in it has a meaning and that is man, because he is the only creature to insist on having one
philosophy world today
Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
men suffering world
The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel one with the men who suffer in it
world weight infinite
We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.
dream fighting world
We are rebels for a cause, poets with a dream , and we won't let this world die without a fight.
inspiring ideas world
Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves.
helping-others people world
There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence.
men evil world
What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.
wall world bumps
A stranger to myself and to the world, armed solely with a thought that negates itself as soon as it asserts, what is this condition in which I can have peace only by refusing to know and to live, in which the appetite for conquest bumps into walls that defy its assaults?