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Happy guy for an existentialist of that period; most were dour and fatalist. I like him!
by SCAQTony 3y ago
Happy guy for an existentialist of that period; most were dour and fatalist. I like him!
- z3c0 3y agoHe always rebuked the "existentialist" moniker for that reason. Most would call him an absurdist for his insistence towards finding happiness amidst the absurd indifference of life towards ones aspirations.
- OneLeggedCat 3y agoOne must imagine Sisyphus happy.
- noduerme 3y agoEasy to say when the daily climb is up to the cliff house where you're shacked up with a couple chicks.
- aryanmann 3y agoWell, he was a part of the resistance against Nazi occupation. Albeit less on the front lines and more on the journalistic side, but nonetheless. I'd say it's valid enough to give him the opportunity to have an existential crisis.
- Maursault 3y agoCamus referred to himself as a moralist. Camus was a moralist; he claimed morality should guide politics. While he did not deny that morals change over time, he rejected the classical Marxist view that historical material relations define morality.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Political_stance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Political_stance
- z3c0 3y agoMoralism is a political viewpoint not unlike pragmatism. It doesn't necessarily qualify as a philosophical viewpoint though, as what morals one believes should be informing politics would be dictated by their philosophies.
- Maursault 3y ago> It doesn't necessarily qualify as a philosophical viewpoint though Sure it does, and more than once.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralism