PHL100Y1 Lecture 17: 17 Camus
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Albert camus, apart from beauvoir and sartre, was born in algeria in poverty: camus a sort of foil to sartre; very attractive and whatever, both lived through wwii and the nazi occupation of paris. Were friends, but had a massive public split: public letters, back and fourth. We live because it"s easy to do so once we get into the pattern: in a world suddenly free of delusion makes man alienated. !1: eluding the realization: taking false hope or whatever in religion or some. Monday, november 16, 2015 grand idea that will give us meaning. It"s all fake: it"s made up to satisfy us: yet sometimes we will still have moments of absurd anguish. All great deeds come from absurdity: newton and the apple, say; great thoughts dawn on you for no reason, it"s useless to trace the causal connection; why do we think this. This absurd moment does not come form contemplation, it just happens.
