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Albert Camus Historical - Deliah Shellhouse

Albert Camus was a well known french philosopher, and author. Camus’s views brought rise to the idea of absurdism, through his own works. The Myth of Sisyphus, an essay written by Camus, shows his notion of the absurd and of its idea towards lack of hope. Camus's works are the reason for his impact on history and the outcome of his cultural legacy. He practically lived his personal political stands and public statements as well as in his books. Camus held many progressive values such as will, equity, and liberty. Camus's adequate style is what contributed to modern discourse. Camus's works were an attempt to be apart of the French philosophical tradition, with just a spice of his own ways of style mixed as well. One of Camus's largest inspirations was providing the idea that it is conceivable for an intellectual thinker to live with barely a speck of hope, and without cynicism.

Source: "Albert Camus - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 24 Nov 2015.

Aim: Nazareth Hailey



As a French Nobel Prize winner, a philosopher and an author, Albert Camus’s main purpose was the writing about the absurdity of life. He was known as an existentialist, which is a person who emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. He wrote many essays,books and plays that really expose the absurdity of life including the essay Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus). Although he was an existentialist, Camus also wrote about issues in moral philosophy including terrorism and the death penalty. Camus mainly established himself not as deeper thinker or philosopher, but a writer. “This is not to suggest that Camus lacked ideas or to say that his thought cannot be considered a personal philosophy. It is simply to point out that he was not a systematic, or even a notably disciplined, thinker and that, unlike [|Heidegger]  and [|Sartre] , for example, he showed very little interest in metaphysics and ontology”(Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

Brittany Flores - Audience: Camus’s absurdist view of the world attracts the radicalist audience. Those who seek to challenge the common perspective and introduce a new way of understanding situations are drawn to his way of writing and hidden meanings. “The Stranger, Camus’s first novel, is both a brilliantly crafted story and an illustration of Camus’s absurdist worldview” (“The Stranger - Context”). His audience consists of those who think the same, or those willing to explore and understand a new way of looking at things. "The Stranger - Context." SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

Jordan Young: Cultural  Albert Camus challenged the human mindset in his time but what one learns from his writings can still be applied to modern times. It was the issues he choose to write about that really connects him to modern times “ Through his literary works and in numerous reviews, articles, essays, and speeches made important, forceful contributions to a wide range of issues in moral philosophy – from terrorism and political violence to suicide and the death penalty”( IEP). In his works he challenges the reader to think about how we as humans think and deal with certain situations. As an existentialist he believed that people do what they want and how they go through life is entirely up to them. This is similar to a common belief that most people have that its their life and they are free to do what they want with it. So his writing helps push forward the belief that life is whatever that person makes of it.

"Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Web. 23 Nov 2015.