An atheist philosophy of life, per Albert Camus

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The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
 
Cypress said:
The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
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You do not know where you copied that from? Why not?!
 
Cypress said:
The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
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Gosh, we should all be Christians!
 
Cypress said:
The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
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If anyone is a leftist they should commit suicide
 
Cypress said:
The source was credited in the original post.

It's from a PDF I have called " "Philosophy as a Guide to Living", there is no hyperlink.

If you want the PDF give me your email and I'll send it to you.
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No thanks. I just ignore posts with no source citation.
 
Hume said:
Gosh, we should all be Christians!
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My track record is to give equal time to the history's most famous atheists. If you find their views underwhelming, maybe you should reconsider your atheism.

Not that I necessarily agree with it, but I think Camus has a perfectly reasonable perspective that life is absurd and ultimately meaningless, and to live in the moment and adopt a sort of a benign complacency towards it might eventually lead to a desire to just enjoy life.
 
Cypress said:
My track record is to give equal time to the history's most famous atheists. If you find their views underwhelming, maybe you should reconsider your atheism.

Not that I necessarily agree with it, but I think Camus has a perfectly reasonable perspective that life is absurd and ultimately meaningless, and to live in the moment and adopt a sort of a benign complacency might eventually lead to a desire to enjoy life.
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I am quite familiar with Camus.
 
Cypress said:
The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
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You copied a freshman paper on philosophy? If you're going with the Claremonts, at least go with Harvey Mudd or one of the top end schools...
 
Cypress said:
The famous French Existentialist philosopher, Albert Camus, radicalized the question of whether life has any meaning.

Camus claims that the only fundamental philosophical question concerns whether one should commit suicide.

Behind this question is the concern that a meaningless (absurd) world might not be worth our living in.

Camus claims that life is absurd. A result is that all occurrences play out as if on a stage, devoid of reality or depth. This result turns out to be life’s “truth” for Camus.

Camus claims that true integrity involves living with absurdity and remaining open to the problems of absurdity.

Suicide becomes escapist and an act of cowardice.
Hope becomes delusional and equally escapist and cowardly.

Camus champions a continuing defiance, a heroic revolt in the face of life’s absurdity. Living as much as possible in the present is counseled—an anti-axial attitude.

If life is so lived, Camus believes that quantity of life will come to matter.




Source credit: Steven Erikson, Pomona College
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Did his friends call him Al or Bert?

I had one childhood friend named Albert, GRHS,
but everybody called him "Skip." Great guy.

Does Skip work for a renown philosopher, though?

I get it, Skip.
Life is bullshit,
but the laughs and good times might be worth the bullshit
if they occur with reasonable frequency
and one enjoys them enough.

As for suicide, washing down a bottle of Seconal
with Bloody Marys was always the backup plan,
but Seconal isn't even made anymore. Assholes.

The other methods seem too fucking messy,
although a running car with the garage doors closed might not be too bad.

For now, I've got to hang in there,
because as hard as it is to believe,
there are still people and a dog who find me useful.

I know. I don't get it either!
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Did his friends call him Al or Bert?

I had one childhood friend named Albert, GRHS,
but everybody called him "Skip." Great guy.

Does Skip work for a renown philosopher, though?

I get it, Skip.
Life is bullshit,
but the laughs and good times might be worth the bullshit
if they occur with reasonable frequency
and one enjoys them enough.

As for suicide, washing down a bottle of Seconal
with Bloody Marys was always the backup plan,
but Seconal isn't even made anymore. Assholes.

The other methods seem too fucking messy,
although a running car with the garage doors closed might not be too bad.

For now, I've got to hang in there,
because as hard as it is to believe,
there are still people and a dog who find me useful.

I know. I don't get it either!
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^Pure moron
 
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