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Absurdity and the Meaning of Life
French author and 1957 Nobel laureate Albert Camus once wrote: Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. When I read this the first time I wasn’t quite … Continue reading
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Sisyphus, as we know, is the figure in Greek mythology who was punished by the local Gods for his deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only for it to roll down again at the … Continue reading
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The Meaning of Meaning
Meaning is a function of context – the framework of relationships between people, things and events that bear on a thing or event such that they are placed within this framework in a way that value is provided to the … Continue reading
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Existentialism Revisited
In Macbeth William Shakespeare reveals himself to be somewhat of an early Existentialist, when Lady Macbeth kills herself, and Macbeth reacts as follows: Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdism, Albert Camus, Existence, existentialism, fate, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, life, meaning, Paul Tillich, purpose of life, Walter Kaufmann
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