“Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a protest against the human condition both for its incompleteness, thanks to death, and its wastefulness, thanks to evil.” HumansSufferingEvilConditionsConceptsClaimsUnityThanksLife And DeathProtestRebellionMotivatedHuman ConditionMetaphysicalIncompletenessWastefulness Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
“Analysis of rebellion leads at least to the suspicion that, contrary to the postulates of contemporary thought, a human nature does exist, as the Greeks believed. Why rebel if there is nothing permanent in oneself worth preserving? ... Rebellion, though apparently negative, since it creates nothing, is profoundly positive in that it reveals the part of man which must always be defended.” IfsMenHumansDoeHuman NatureNegativeOneselfContrarySelf WorthContemporaryPermanentAnalysisGreekRebellionRebelSuspicion Author:Albert Camus