Albert Camus

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The Myth of Sisyphus

by Albert Camus

4/5

philosophy

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

4/5

philosophy

The Myth of Sisyphus

by Albert Camus

4/5

Camus opens with philosophy's most fundamental question — whether life is worth living — and builds his philosophy of the absurd. Using the Greek myth of Sisyphus condemned to roll a boulder uphill for eternity, Camus argues we must imagine Sisyphus happy.

philosophy

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

4/5

Camus's iconic novel follows Meursault, an emotionally detached Algerian clerk who commits an inexplicable murder and faces trial — not just for his crime, but for his refusal to conform to society's expectations about grief, emotion, and meaning.

philosophy