The Myth of Sisyphus
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The Myth of Sisyphus is a 1942 philosophical work by Albert Camus. Influenced by philosophers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche, Camus introduces his philosophy o
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Sisyphus by Titian, 1549
The Rebel (book)
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The Rebel is a 1951 book-length essay by Albert Camus, which treats both the metaphysical and the historical development of rebellion and revolution in societies, especially Western Europe.
The Myth of Sisyphus
…to other absurdist works by Camus: the novel The Stranger (1942), the plays The Misunderstanding (1942) and Caligula (1944), and especially the essay The Rebel (1951). Camus began the work in 1940, during the Fall of France, when millions of refugees fled from advancing German armies. While the essay rarely…
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