Albert Camus

Philosopher

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Quiet, reflective, and idealistic. Interested in serving humanity. Well-developed value system, which they strive to live in accordance with. Extremely loyal. Adaptable and laid-back unless a strongly-held value is threatened. Usually talented writers. Mentally quick, and able to see possibilities. Interested in understanding and helping people.

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Biography

Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism.

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Quotes by Albert Camus

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.

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