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general explanations of Albert Camus's philosophy
Title: general explanations of Albert Camus's philosophy
Category: Social Sciences / Philosophy
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general explanations of Albert Camus's philosophy
Born on November 7, 1913 in Mandoui, Algeria, Albert Camus earned a
worldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in
1957. Though his writings, and in some measure against his will, he became the leading
moral voice of his generation during the 1950's. Camus died at the height of his fame, in
an automobile accident near Sens, France on January 4, 1960.
Camus's deepest philosophical interests were in Western philosophy, among them
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…showed last 75 words of 349 total…calls "metaphysical revolt," which he sees as a "radical
refusal of the human condition as such," resulting either in suicide or in a "demonic
attempt to remake the world in the image of man."
Although often considered an existentialist, Camus had his own way of thinking
and often disagreed with many existentialist thinkers. Camus was a brilliant writer as
well as a philosopher and although complicated his views will always be inspiration for
further thought.
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