7 Life Lessons From Albert Camus (Philosophy of Absurdism)
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- In this video we will be talking about 7 Life Lessons From Albert Camus. Albert Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism,” and his philosophy has inspired a lot of people in dealing with the absurdity of life.
So with that in mind, here are 7 important lessons that we can learn from Albert Camus -
01. Create your own meaning for life
02. Don’t make happiness a distant goal
03. Don’t be ignorant
04. Be a rebel
05. Spend time with yourself
06. Be flexible
07. Choose Love
I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope these 7 Life Lessons From Albert Camus will add value to your life.
Albert Camus is one of the greatest French writers and thinkers. He was a philosopher, an author and a journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and his most famous works are The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism,” which is a philosophical movement having as its central hypothesis that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Camus considered that absolute freedom must be balanced with absolute justice - too much freedom leads to the situation when the strong suppresses the weak but too much justice kills freedom, and we need to live and let live. As a promoter of the philosophy of the “absurd”, Camus believed that life has no meaning, that the universe simply exists and that it is indifferent to people’s lives. We are like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, forever carrying that heavy rock to the top of the hill, although we know the rock will always fall down and our life's work is meaningless. Our condition might be tragic, but Camus considered that this exact condition hides a blessing in disguise: life does not have a meaning, but we are free to attribute it any meaning we want. His philosophy has inspired a lot of people in dealing with the absurdity of life and even today, his philosophy is extremely relevant.
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Camus is ancient, lh!
Yes , but knowing it has a meaning helps guide you to a good life. And , I do appreciate your videos. Thanks.
I think that you are wrong about "giving meaning to life", this statement is rather Sartre/debeauvoir way of existentialism. The mythe of sysiphus help us to free our selves by learning how to accept that life has no meaning. The first aim is to live with this idea without getting further to any attempt of finding or creating meaning.
Unexamined life is not worth living plato....
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
---Albert Camus
Definitely an interesting perspective from camus. If you or anyone else like that philosophy of thought around meaning, I would love to hear a perspective of a philosophy also centered around meaning but goes in a different direction. czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html
Through living my life I have basically come to these same conclusions. It's incredible hearing that there is actually a name for it and others have the same belief.
Camus’ philosophy is certainly the most aligned to my own. I find it much more realistic than something like stoicism which is fashionable right now.
@@JamieJacksonati They're both pretty similar, honestly. Both outline many of the same core ideas.
Stoicism is fashionable right now ?
Awha, who are hangin' with lol.
@@JamieJacksonati If anyone likes these philosophical thoughts I would love to get perspectives on a philosophy that says goes in a different direction. czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html
Same, i pretty much developed this ideology in its entirety on my own since i dropped out of college 7 years ago. watching this video was mind blowing because nearly every single one of these lessons is a conclusion id come to already
“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control how you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”
What about...change your being to be able to change whats happening...
That is Stoicism
I concur.
Yo icecold, I asked you about your thoughts on philosophy in a live a while ago lol
@@privatprivat7279 if someone you love is dead How will you change it?
At last! A philosopher who makes real sense. Totally appropriate and relevant for today.
I would love to get perspectives on a philosophy that says goes in a different direction. czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html
The FIRST made perfect sense, and still does - His name was Aristotle. I agree however, that it's been a downhill ride ever since.
My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. I received a telegram from the old people's home: "Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Very sincerely yours." That doesn't mean anything. It might have been yesterday
These words have been burned into my skull since I read them almost 15 years ago. Absolutely love Camus
This is interesting. We spent so much time of our lives trying to impress people at the expense of our happiness.
And did this video make you stop doing this? Will you be an entirely different person from now on? What do you think?
That is so untrue. I never tell anyone about my billion dollar bank account, my paralyzing good looks, my giant boner, my Lamborghini, my giant house on the hill complete with giant swimming pool complete with waterfall and slide, my movie star wife or my 97 million followers on instagram.
Yes we are all Nuts.. then we die... Dance with life NOW
absolutely !
@@knotwilg3596 I sleep in an emperors size bed being fanned by two dozen island girls...do you?
"In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible Summer"
Yah but that summer come and goes inside too. I suppose nothing is forever which is a good thing.
Sounds like a quote from Olaf the snowman.
What is wrong with embracing our inter winter? Stop with all the sun shiny bullshit.
Discovered this quote after I went through hell and emerged a stronger person. It really is true.
@@joeshepherd6419 who hurt you?
To be happy we must not be too concerned with others ~ Albert Camus
Very true, especially when it comes to our celebrity culture here in the USA. This also applies to our friends and their posts on Instagram.
This famous Camus quote needed a slight correction .... "To be happy we must not be too concerned with strangers". Without a deep concern for those we love life becomes even more absurd.
I’m 14, and I’m so glad I discovered Camus and his philosophies because it gives me the entire rest of my life to live by them. I’ve been through a lot and he’s helped me accept it and without him and his ideologies
You are so ahead of the curve
I discovered Camus in my high-school library at 14. Taught myself a little French and painstakingly translated it word by word. Was never the same.
Did you keep up with the French?@@luiscastro-my3iw
Unbelievably intelligent for your age.
Do yourself a favour, explore beyond Camus, even though he is brilliant. Philosophy is the spice of life, do not be content with only one✌️💚🖖
I appreciate the talk given with quiet in the background. Terrific, kudos!
g content in the present moment - is absolutely Buddhism and Taoism" quite so my friend
This was so perfect for me. I have the same opinion on life as Camus. I didn't know he had that opinion as well. I heard about a book called The Stranger. I read it. It was the best book I have ever read. I'm 17 btw, I'm sure that throughout my life I will read a lot of more masterpieces, but this is the 1st one I've read. I was interested in Camus and I found out that he was not only a writer but also a philosopher. And that he "founded" absurdism which has the exact same life thought as I do!!! This is so perfect. I already ordered 3 different books that he wrote.
6 Important Guidelines in Life
-When you are Alone, mind your Thoughts.
-When you are with Friends, mind your Tongue.
-When you are Angry, mind your Temper.
-When you are with a Group, mind your Behavior.
-When you are in Trouble, mind your Emotion.
-When God starts blessing you, mind your EGO.
Well said boss
@@scorqio salute bro!
Well said boss
Where'd you learn/read this? Thank you.
Make it simple mind your life.
I would love a coffee with Camus in the void
😂😂🤣👍
Great to see comparisions between Camus, Sartre, and Schopenhauer. A wonderful video.
Ok, am I the only one who always heard that absurdism never proposed for us to create meaning, that's existentialism. Absurdism was about accepting that life has no meaning, and remain happy, as an act of rebelion.
Yes you’re completely right, I believe the main character of the “The Stranger” represents that
True
What it's important is that we study different Philosophy from different Philosophers. So, we can always have questions and never hit a wall. That's why philosophy and psychology go hand to hand
My favorite Camus quote on Fascism and Marxism, and his abhorrence for both- from the guy who insisted he is not an existentialist ( probably due to his fallout w/ Sartre):
“ The first [ Fascism] represents the exaltation of the executioner by the executioner; the second [ Marxism], more dramatic in concept, the exaltation of the executioner by the victims. The former never dreamed of liberating all men, but only of liberating a few by subjugating the rest. The latter, in its most profound principle, aims at liberating all men by provisionally enslaving them all.”
-Albert Camus, The Rebel-
Well I’m happy to report that I discovered Camus philosophy on my own in my early teens.
There is only one reality, your own!
that's what I keep telling people - The Never Ending Story is a documentary!
Me too
Thank Goodness I'm a Pessimistic Nihilist!
@@theunfortunateguy8348Wha why
Know your values, strive for them, be ready to change what doesn´t fit, keep on learning, enjoy the present, live with love.
I love this channel because it's not a self help channel. We are just hearing thoughts of the well known philosophers rather than self help sharks/cowboys who trying to sell you more of their junk stuff.
Fantastic video, thank you. Looking back, Camus was clearly influenced by the Stoics, and also by Socrates who said all evil is ignorance. Finally, I'm not sure he studied Eastern philosophy, but his emphasis on not striving for some illusory happiness in the future - but being content in the present moment - is absolutely Buddhism and Taoism.
Eric - Do you see Camus as influenced by the Stoics mainly in Camus' focus on evil as a form of ignorance because I can't think of another connection?
Isn't camus' absurdism akin to the early 20th century art movement called dadaism? Just saying...re Gurtrude Stein...
@@johnz8843 Hi John. Consider Camus’ philosophical treatise, The Myth of Sisyphus, based on the Greek myth of Sisyphus whose punishment it is to roll a boulder up a hill, then down, then back up, for all eternity.
For Camus, Sisyphus is a hero because he willingly accepts his fate - the absurd job/existence (i.e the human condition) of rolling a rock back and forth - without resentment.
This seems to me a virtue he took from the Stoics and the importance they place on accepting, rather than fighting ones’ fate. ‘Focus only on what you can change; not on what is out of your control’.
There could be other parallels in Stoicism and Camus’ philosophy, if I thought about it, like regarding agnosticism.
@@coadmiller5010 Nice one. I hadn’t made that connection before, but you’re right.
I think both Dadaism and Camus’ philosophy were a reaction to the insanity/absurdity of WWI and the arrogance of society’s hypocritical Bourgeois values. (Also very inspired by Nietzsche, generation or two, before.)
@@ericjohn277 Eric, thanks for your reply. I know that Camus studied ancient philosophy, having done a thesis on St. Augustine and Plotinus. And certainly accepting one's fate and being without resentment are essential principles of Stoicism.
Camus, however, would consider the acceptance of other Stoic principles as philosophical suicide. The Stoic believed our reason was a portion of Divine Reason and that God cared for us by giving us resources to deal with our fate. It was a theodicy with which Camus would disagree. Also the Stoics believed our virtues derived from the defined nature of human beings. I believe Camus conceived of human virtues as our response to our tragic fate -- the certainty of death without hope. The Stoics did not have a tragic view of human life. Stoics accept their fate as a reflection of the unfolding of Divine Reason immanent in the universe and they seek to have natural virtues of a human being. Doing so leads to happiness and peace of mind.
I'm not trying to be simply contentious. I love the Stoics. I read them each day as an inspiration and guide. But I believe what virtues we cultivate reflect in a meaningful measure existential choices without some assurance of ultimate consolation or transcendental grounding. That position would be consistent with Camus but not with the Stoics.
Perhaps I'm missing something though. Again, thanks for your comment.
In France, Albert Camus is one of the greatest autor. Glad to know that he's also known here
are you kidding me? It's an obligatory read in my country school system.
I live in Belgium and i read all his books. The translation to dutch is bad sometimes , i should've put more attention to french lesson in highschool
I am using this video to explain better to my friends and family what I mean when I say that I am an absurdist. Thank you! ❤️
Zacly
life has no meaning: panik
you can create your own meaning: kalm
that meaning is meaningless: panik
You need to learn spelling
@@rumit9946 English teacher?
Then you learn that that concept of meaninglessness is meaningless and it goes around in circles until you decide that it means something to you.
@@rumit9946 you need to learn meme language.
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This is a very interesting lecture which makes me reflect upon my own life. As a teenager I was a big fan of Camus and Sartre and I read all their books in the original language. Now I find it really amazing that I recognise myself in all seven points of this video:
1) I create my own meaning of life by not following the herds.
2) I use to live in the “here and now” and thereby don’t see happiness as a distant goal.
3) I can very well relate to the wonderful sentence “the root of all evil in the world is ignorance.” For example I firmly believe that the root of conspiracy theory is ignorance of scientific facts.
4) I am a rebel in the sense that I live authentically, without trying to please others. My lifestyle is guided by my rebelling against the absurdity of materialism.
5) I very much enjoy spending time alone and meditating on love and the absurdity of life.
6) Tolerance is one of my highest moral values. I am flexible with regard to new challenges regarding work or a relationship. And I totally agree that we have to be flexible when dealing with the world’s biggest tragedies which at the moment is climate change. So we need to adapt our lifestyle accordingly.
7) Last but not least I have chosen love above any thing else in my life.
Glad for you!
Beautiful principles. We should encourage teenagers to read more existencialism. It gives the young minds the mental peace to become what they decide to be and work hard for it. It helps the whole society to become more human oriented.
What is the purpose of love if there is no purpose at all?
@@addevries8163 love is a mental contruct. It, in itself, does not have more purpose than the person who is deconstructing it gives it. In other words. You find the purpose of your interpretation of "love"
@@addevries8163 where did you get that idea? Certainly not from this video. You decide what purpose your life serves.
I wish i was more educated and learned about Camus earlier... it would've greatly helped to carry on with my life and make sense of it
"wake up an hour early to enjoy the sunrise and meditate on the absurdity of life before your family wakes up." hahaha.
Yes, I laughed at this, too.
Hahaha ❤️
I just subscribed to these videos and really enjoy them. I wish I could’ve applied some of these thoughts to my life many years ago and avoid some unhappiness.Time to apply them now I guess.Thanks for posting these.
It’s never too late Philip, you are indeed an achiever, welcome to self enlightenment.👌
Ignorance, Greed, and Anger are "the three poisons" in Buddhism.
This is the best podcast and might be the last I need in my life to understand the meaning of my life. Blissfull ans so pacified and solace at last.
So glad you brought this out
beautifully explained.thank you...great video.
This was well presented and informative. Thank you!
Thank you, Philosophies for Life, for sharing this very important and meaningful video.
I've been going through a mysterious time for a while now. I've been visiting with my VA psychologist also and we are trying to discover what my underlying issue has caused this. I have felt like I broke out of something. Like I broke out of the bubble of life as we think of it. We've cistern some topics including Alan Watts, existentialism, even Bruce Almighty. None of them fit exactly, but they come close. Dark Nigh of the Soul was a near match. I would recommend that to any one searching this path. I've mentioned in sessions a lot pointless of suffering, disappointment and disgust (with God,) futility, etc. We are slowly making progress, but emphasis on slow. This philosophy of Albert Camus is amazing and probably the closest match to what's been going on in my head and my gut. My counselor had questioned me about suicide and I asked her that wasn't a possibility or an issue. I told her I do not have faith. I believe (in God) but do not have faith in him. She brought up the option of acceptable interestingly, but not understanding how that applies, I calmly disregarded that our questioned it. I don't have the feeling that the origins of her idea actually came out of Camus' philosophy but I am definitely going to inquire and share the knowledge. I am sure she will investigate. This discovery is leaving me hopeful that this confinement of discontent may subside... or morph into the form of acceptance in terms of this philosophy. I've mentioned all of these upbringings as pieces of some puzzle that haven't found their place yet. A lot of the prior work has literally fallen into place upon adding this perspective, yet there is still work to be done. O do know that what emerges out the other side will be a much more light, free, enlightened and content me. I wish the best to all out there with yourselves.
Thanks you so much, i find your channel very useful.
Realising that there is no god and the universe doesn't care about us was probably the most freeing realization I've ever had. After learning about Camus I realized that I had come to many of his conclusions without even knowing his philosophy.
I just love your work. Thank you.
explanation was amazing and far easier to understand. thank you for this
Thank you. Very insightful!!
Thank you so much for this lesson. 🙏
Well researched and compiled.
I feel like this video made for me , I appreciate your work ❤️
Excellent summary. Thank you.
Simply GREAT. Thanks a lot !
Thanks! I love your summary.
one way to rebel against the absurdity/meaninglessness of life is to love. how beautiful.
really excellent work. compelled me to appreciate it
Very great video about Camus. Thanks ...
This is a clear and professional presentation. Thanks!
Thank you for this. I have felt this way most of my life but tried to complicate it. Thanks for helping me get straight. Makes pefect and simple sense.
Love this video!!! 🥰👍🏻❤💯
The only solution to freedom and justice is to live a righteous life. We need a justice system for those who live unjust and harm humans, animals and the environment.
Too bad that the “justice” system doesn’t apply to everyone who does harm in this world. Just applies to those who cannot afford the best lawyers…
A lot of "righteous" types cause more harm then good.
Will try to learn at least one lesson, this great philosopher taught!
Inspiring and brilliant 😊👍
Thank you. Good work.
I am glad i didn't reject this video as absurd. It is not absurd it is a paradox, and paradoxes are beautiful.
Lessons:
1- Create your own meaning in life.
2- Don´t make happiness a distant goal
3- Don´t be ignorant
4- Be a rebel
5- Spend time with yourself
6- Be flexible
7- Choose love
"No man with enough intelligence would choose to harm others, as the harm would come back to him eventually"
I can't say I agree with that statement, because it contradicts the observable world. It sounds a lot like karma, which is nothing but faith-based hope.
People harm others all the time so as to preserve their own existence, and these people very often live very long lives. Power reigns in this world, and this power comes not just from knowledge, but from wealth and influence. Call me cynical, but in my view, this is merely fact.
That said, Camus's philosophy aligns very strongly with my own. I shared his philosophy long before I ever heard of him, and I'm delighted to know that there are many others who can accept the absurd
I love this philosophy. I knew about it before but forgot about it somewhere along the way, even though it aligns with most of my beliefs. I think I'd like to try living by it...
You know, I've spent so much time dreading accomplishments because I've never felt happy when it's done and I feel like it's expected of me. A party to celebrate graduating is more of a hang out with my friends because I've done it daily over time. I want to laugh because I've felt like "other" or broken because people congratulate me in that instance but I feel out of place. It's comforting to watch this video
Excellently experienced and extremely educatively exciting.
Life is good itself. People give a bad meaning when they use it for a bad reason. A good tree just like a good life is supposed to bear good fruits in due season even if it undergoes numerous calamities beyond control but only when cultivated with appropriate care. Time or chance is the key. If you have TIME no matter how little, you have LIFE no matter how short and you can do something good no matter how absurd you think about this world.
Love the process of learning.
Very great video about Camus 👏
Albert Camu's philosophy can be summarised in one sentence; life in itself has no meaning but it is your choice to give meaning to it or adopt the meanings given by others. Very true! Albert Einstein also said when asked , " what is the meaning of life". He said, life has no meaning, it is we who give meaning to Life". The conclusion derived from it is that one should give that meaning to Life which creates happiness and health for one self and for others too. Without assigning any meaning to life we cannot create the kind of happiness that we as humans deserve in contrast to animals. So absurdity has less value when the sensitivity of human beings evolve to a higher level giving rise to art, culture, literature, architecture, and even the adventures of ideas such as philosophy.
Camus quite literally advised against giving a meaning to life (much less taking the meaning others give it).
He said there’s 3 responses to the absurd:
-Physical suicide (giving up on life, concluding that a meaningless life is not worth living)
-Philosophical suicide (attributing meaning to life so as to avoid facing the absurd; be it with your own given meaning like existentialists or with the given meaning of others like with organized religions)
-Accepting the absurd (facing absurdity and rebelling against it by continuing to live despite knowing your efforts are meaningless)
Camo is sometimes used in the military as short for camouflage. Cammo is a north-western suburb of Edinburgh. The philosopher's surname (or at least a reasonable approximation in English) is Camoo, like cows.
The British will always believe they know how to correct the French on the pronunciation of French words. 🙂
@Dan Roy Because we know how to do it best, me lad 🙂
I love the balance between freedom and justice, very sage. "Know ye that the embodiment of liberty and its symbol is the animal. That which beseemeth man is submission unto such restraints as will protect him from his own ignorance, and guard him against the harm of the mischief maker. Liberty causeth man to overstep the bounds of propriety, and to infringe on the dignity of his station. It debaseth him to the level of extreme depravity and wickedness." ~Baha'u'llah
Pretty Good - worth a like. Small quibble at the end, #7. Seems Camu may have been rationalizing (being irrational) his affairs and wanderings. Confusing 'love' with 'lust/desire' occurs way too often. A true 'love' recognizes duty to others and yourself. 'Love is our only duty in life' -- maybe state it this way 'Duty is our only love in life' (and a path to meaning) to recognize the rational path not the desirous path. Seems Camu recognized this finally. [Am subscriber and forwarder to aid the channel and others seeking/needing 'philosophies for life'] Thank You!
Am I an idiot or was this video describing existentialism as opposed to absurdism during the point of “create your own meaning of life”? According to Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, “Hope of another life one must “deserve” or trickery of those that will transcend it, refine it, give it a meaning, and betray it” (pg. 8). Camus describes the creation of a subjective meaning as eluding the truth in search of comfort. The point of absurdism is to live despite lack of meaning. Existentialism is more about having the freedom to give your own meaning to the concept of life.
No, you are correct. The video confuses existentialism with absurdism. He calls the subjective creation of meaning as a way to cope with meaninglessness “philosophical suicide”.
This philosophy really hits hard
When I watch the videos of CZcamsrs who explain how to live a better life I really think that everything has been said and wriiten about the meaning and purpose of the human being. Everyone parrots what has been said since long whether Camus, Marcus Aurelius etc... People have always been aware of the absurdity of life but saying that life is absurd is meaningless because It's the human soul that is absurd, stupid. The world is absurd because humans are an absurd species.
Go to sleep, you are drunk
People have not been aware of the absurdity of life. Pick 10 people randomly and I guarantee you that at least 8 of them will not think that life is absurd or that it has no meaning.
Thank you.
The more I learn about Camus and abusrdism as a whole the more it resonates with me fully
Bravo ...!
You must have known I was going to need this. Thanks!
Great guy, respect!
I am 53 and I choose that I am very tied to a change itself!
My 18yo son recently told me my outlook on life was not as a Cheerful Nihilist but as an Absurdist. I arrived there probably from Buddhism, Vedism with as dash of Osho. I’m 53 now and honestly can’t see any other view point to better live and actually enjoy doing it.
I'd really like to see an overview of philosophy to be included in high school curricula. Providing our children with critical thinking concepts is essential.
We need it now more than ever.
Fr fr. Most kids just blindly follow whatever is taught to them by their parents or immediate surroundings.
Too many religious nuts would object to it
Yeah religious parents would definitely rebel against it.
@@Tyler-hk4wo Oh well. We're either systematically and consciously learning philosophy or learning it haphazardly and unconsciously.
this feels like it’s appeared at a good time for me to watch…i’ve been struggling with working at school and honestly it makes me desperately unhappy. I have to say i’ve been a little torn between trying my hardest at something which makes me so burnt out and depressed to achieve something i don’t care a whole deal about and trying my best to get the amazing grades i’m capable of and please my friends and my family but being desperately unhappy and depressed. i know it might sound silly but i’ve always seen school as an absurd concept and i can’t see how it’s qualifications will have any real meaning in my life but everybody around me disapproves of my style of thinking but ultimately i just want to be happy and it seems silly to actively strive for the opposite effect. nonetheless i’m torn between making myself happy and others happy
Brilliant 😊
Love this dude
This resonates with my views
Camus does not say to create your own meaning in life... that is existentialism and is not what Camus believed in..
I really try to embrace the absurd but my depression is always dragging me to nihilism. I Just can't find the energy to make or to see my own purpose in this life. I think like an absurdist but i live like a nihilist. I hope i will break from this circle one Day. Because now i really feel trapped in my life , my job, my relationship, all the debts.
I feel the exact same way. If I don’t pull myself together my future is ruined
Impressive, adapt, overcome!
😍🙏 Love it
Brilliant
I love Camus soo much. I’m soo sad I will never be able to meet him but it is what it is.
Interesting and instructive video, everything explained in a clear and succinct way.
But I have learned that Camus had many problems in the intelectual world in France
due to his opposition to communists and Sartre and I think it you have been addressed
in the video too.
Even there is a theory that the car accident that caused his death was not so accidental.
@Aiden Logan I understand what you say . but perhaps I did not explained myself clearly before, what I was trying to say is that he criticized the URSS invasion of Hungary, and he named killings thereafter the URSS's KGB minister of the time. And this individual ordered him to be killed. But anyway I think that you are right and his contributions to philosophical thinking are more important than all that.
I think that many things attributed to the late Soviet Union were the entire responsibility of some individuals, and I am not in any way criticizing the basis of the Soviet Union's political foundations.
It was an accident. No doubt about it in France.
I appreciate all 6 propositions expect for the seventh one. It contradicts his notion of stopping the cycle of hate where when you choose someone else while being committed to your current partner, you will cause them grieve in the same way Camus acquired a broken sense of love when his first wife cheated on him.
Good point. But, is loyalty the ultimate prove of love? I do not think Camus cheated on his wife out of hate as a consequence of a broken heart, but out of freedom. He stoped cheating out of compassion.
Perhaps a re-think of your position is in order. Do we own other human beings? On the flip side, how many infidelities against all the other vows are committed on a daily basis? To love, to honor, to cherish…. spouses across the world are constantly berating each other, tearing each other down, embarrassing each other, ridiculing each other. Yet somehow, infidelity has come to be defined only by physical and/or emotional connection with another - by the “forsaking all others” clause.
@@Gk2003m perhaps you didn't stick to Albert's philosophy as well. That our choices aren't dictated by what others do or think. So yes, I'm set on that proposition.
@@macardona5 i think that if we're compassionate, we do not try to provoke.
Thanks dude
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Don't take it serious
Life's too mysterious
You work, you save, you worry so
But you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go
Keep repeating, it's the berries
The strongest oak must fall
The best things in life to you were just loaned
So how can you lose what you never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live and laugh at it all
Keep repeating, it's the berries
You know the strongest oak has got to fall
The sweet things in life to you were just loaned
So how can you lose what you never owned
Life is just a bowl of cherries
So live it, love it, wriggle your ears
And think nothing of it, you can't do without it
There's no two ways about it
You live and you laugh at it all.
you need a fire beat with this art piece
Lock-down in Melbourne (again!) in my apartment & working from home, no problem with being alone here. Being alone becomes being lonely pretty damn quickly.
You feel lonely in such a beautiful city!
I enjoy most except the last one. I think for me at least. I want to choose commitment over pursuing a new interest (referring to the last one). If the we apply the philosophy of absurdity on the last one, we find that both choices are futile. However, if I choose the route where I have commitment with my partner, that is an absurdity I'm more willing to choose over the turmoil of pursuing another because it's new and exciting. Why? Because from experience, I know that long term commitment brings more stable, though quiet, long term happiness for me than quick burst of excitements.
"On this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far as possible, not to join forces with the pestilences. That may sound simple to the point of childishness; I can't judge if it's simple, but I know it's true." - Albert Camus, The Plague
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Fantastic video, I found the final point "CHOOSE lOVE" especially interesting. I assume this could mean any type of love among the living i.e romantic, familial, friendships, and so on however, do we think this applies only to the love for other living things or does it extend to activities such as hobbies or jobs we love? If so , could be more confusing. When I watched it, it seemed to me that the love for other human beings or living things, is the greatest act of revolt against absurd because as absurdity stresses, life is meaningless so in the act of loving another, this means that you literally attribute so much meaning to that person(s) being alive and vice versa when they love you in return. Point one teaches that we create our own meanings in life (all acts of revolt against absurdity) which for example could be the jobs we choose, things we choose to pursue, or activities we engage in and attribute meaning to. So, in that respect, the "choose love" lesson essentially reads, to me at least, that among all those various meanings in life that we choose and create ourselves over time, "love" for others is the greatest protection and act of defiance against absurd that we can have and so it should be the priority of an absurdist. Am I interpreting this in a way that makes sense or am I missing something vital, would love some feedback here! Thanks so much in advance.
Just be careful and keep you rheart flexible. I fell deeply in love with someone who in the end rejected me, and I made her my meaning as a means to "protect" myself from the absurd, as a refuge. And it has been the hardest breakup of my life. I thought I had finally found a safe haven from the agony that the absurd can be. I'm still struggling with it and am hoping she will love me again.
@@michael_leclezio So with that struggle let me know what you think about a philsophy that kinda goes in a different direction but speaks on meaning still. czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html