Learn About Camus and Absurdism

Who Was Albert Camus?

The life, works, and legacy of the French-Algerian writer who found joy in a meaningless universe.

The philosophy that begins with a confrontation between human longing and cosmic silence.

Why Camus believed we must imagine Sisyphus happy, and what the boulder means for your life.

The friendship, the philosophy, and the bitter dispute that ended it all.

A man refuses to lie about his feelings. Society makes him pay with his life.

What did Camus mean by his famous line? A deep dive into the phrase that ends The Myth of Sisyphus.

They are often confused. Learn how Camus and Sartre differed on meaning, freedom, and how to live.

Both teach acceptance. Only one is fully honest. Why Camus goes further than Marcus Aurelius.

Buddhism promises liberation. Absurdism refuses to promise what it cannot deliver.

Camus's first published work was a banned play about Spanish miners. Written at twenty-two, it contains the seeds of everything he would become.

The most shared Camus quote on the internet. Where it really comes from, what it means, and why the popular extended version is fake.