THE ABSURD PHILOSOPHY OF ALBERT CAMUS:CALIGULA,THE STRANGER,THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS
ALBERT CAMUS'NÜN SAÇMA FELSEFESİ: CALİGULA,YABANCI VE SİSİFOS SÖYLENİ

Author : Emel KOÇ
Number of pages : 1-19

Abstract

Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French Nobel Prize-winning philosopher,author and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. Camus argues that human beings cannot escape asking the question, ''What is the meaning of existence?'' Camus, however, denies that there is an answer to this question, and rejects every scientific, teleological, metaphysical, or human-created end that would provide an adequate answer. His idea is simple: Life is meaningless. The meaning of life cannot be found in the world around us. Absurdity arises from the seperation between our consciousness and the world. The absurd is born out of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. But if life is absurd,what is the point of living on? Using the Greek myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor, Camus attempts to answer this question and present an alternative to suicide. How to live with the consciousness of this absurdity of life is the central question of Camus's philosophy: ''Does the absurd dictate death?'' Camus believes that the answer is no. The appropriate response to the experience of absurd, Camus suggest, is to live in full consciousness of it.

Keywords

Absurd, Consciousness, Dünya, Death, Rebellion

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