Albert Camus, in "An Absurd Reasoning" in The Myth of Sisyphus (1942).
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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
— Albert Camus on Trivialism
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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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