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“War cannot be negated. One must live it or die of it.”

Quote by Albert Camus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

This book is a compilation of essays that delve into the philosophical concepts of existentialism, focusing on the human experience and the meaning of life. It includes discussions on the nature of existence, the absurdity of life, and the role of individual freedom and responsibility. more

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Albert Camus was a French author and philosopher, born on November 7, 1913, and died on January 4, 1960. Known for his unique existentialist philosophy and profound insights into human suffering, Camus' works include 'The Stranger', 'The Plague', and 'The Myth of Sisyphus', which have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature. more

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“Creating or not creating changes nothing. The absurd creator does not prize his work. He could repudiate it. He does sometimes repudiate it.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“Expression begins where thought ends. Those adolescents with empty eyesockets who people temples and museums—their philosophy has been expressed in gestures. For an absurd man it is more educative than all libraries. Under another aspect the same is true for music. If any art is devoid of lessons, it is certainly music. It is too closely related to mathematics not to have borrowed their gratuitousness.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“The Church has been so harsh with heretics only because she deemed that there is no worse enemy than a child who has gone astray.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“Art can never be so well served as by a negative thought. Its dark and humiliated proceedings are as necessary to the understanding of a great work as black is to white.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“Too often the work of a creator is looked upon as a series of isolated testimonies.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“There is no mystery in human creation.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“To create is likewise to give a shape to one’s fate. For all these characters, their work defines them at least as much as it is defined by them. The actor taught us this: there is no frontier between being and appearing.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“Inhale the future, exhale the past.”

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“Let me repeat. None of all this has any real meaning. On the way to that liberty, there is still a progress to be made.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.”

Albert Camus The Myth Of Sisyphus

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays