Posts Tagged ‘Albert Camus’

Reality’s absurdity to Existentialists

By Christopher Wink | Apr 15, 2007 | Existentialism There are likely few more important issues for philosophy than the question of existence, a subject that has been covered in innumerable ways by every successful intellectual. Perhaps one of the more popular means for understanding this world is to see it through the veil of [...]

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Reality's absurdity to Existentialists

By Christopher Wink | Apr 15, 2007 | Existentialism There are likely few more important issues for philosophy than the question of existence, a subject that has been covered in innumerable ways by every successful intellectual. Perhaps one of the more popular means for understanding this world is to see it through the veil of [...]

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Existential men of de Beauvoir

By Christopher Wink | Apr 17, 2007 | Existentialism In 1947 French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) published The Ethics of Ambiguity, arguably the most accessible explanation of a host of existential ideas and themes. A notable member of a notable age in French philosophy, Beauvoir had a close relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre [...]

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Absurdity in Camus

By Christopher Wink | Apr 17, 2007 | Existentialism Albert Camus is no small figure in twentieth century philosophy. Born in Algeria to a working-class family, to many, Camus is a central figure who, despite his disapproving, has become the face of existentialism. Because of his importance, his assertion that suicide is the ultimate philosophical [...]

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