Letter to Jean-Paul Sartre, 30 June 1952.
• As quoted in Paris after the Liberation: 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper.
• As quoted in Paris after the Liberation: 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper.
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One does not decide the truth of a thought according to whether it is right-wing or left-wing.
— Albert Camus
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• As quoted in Paris after the Liberation: 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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