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Ideas of Albert Camus, by Text
[French, 1913 - 1960, Born in Algiers. Killed in a car accident.]
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1942
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The Myth of Sisyphus
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'Abs and Suic'
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p.12
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9242
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Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life
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'Abs and Suic'
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p.14
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9243
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If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct
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'Abs and Suic'
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p.16
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9244
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Logic is easy, but what about logic to the point of death?
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'Abs free'
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p.53
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9247
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Life will be lived better if it has no meaning
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'Abs free'
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p.55
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9248
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It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will
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'Abs free'
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p.55
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9249
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Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom
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'Abs Man'
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p.64
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9250
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Discussing ethics is pointless; moral people behave badly, and integrity doesn't need rules
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'Abs Man'
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p.65
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9251
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One can be virtuous through a whim
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'Appendix'
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p.115
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9253
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The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it
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'Don Juan'
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p.66
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9252
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The more one loves the stronger the absurd grows
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p.11
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p.11
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6707
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Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem
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p.110
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p.110
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6708
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Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other
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'Phil Suic'
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p.38
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9245
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To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason
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'Phil Suic'
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p.50
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9246
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Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap
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