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Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist who is most celebrated for his contributions to existentialism and absurdism. His novel "L'Étranger" (The Stranger), published in 1942, and the philosophical essay "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" (The Myth of Sisyphus), published in the same year, are seminal works that explore the absurdity of human existence. more Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist who is most celebrated for his contributions to existentialism and absurdism. His novel "L'Étranger" (The Stranger), published in 1942, and the philosophical essay "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" (The Myth of Sisyphus), published in the same year, are seminal works that explore the absurdity of human existence. In 1957, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his significant impact on contemporary thought. His other notable work, "La Peste" (The Plague), published in 1947, allegorizes the human condition through the story of a plague sweeping the Algerian city of Oran. Camus' literary achievements remain central to modern philosophical discourse. less

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"There is no sun without shadow and it is essential to know the night"
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"The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind"
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"One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it."
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"The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance."
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"There is scarcely any passion without struggle."
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"A free press can of course be good or bad, but it is certain that without freedom it will never be anything but bad."
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"Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being."
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"Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them."
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"The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone."
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"You cannot create experience. You must undergo it"
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