1. Camus
... that the world is incomprehensible, without disillusionment of his escape from the absurd. The absurd is the awareness of the conflict between the desires of the human consciousness and the inability of the world to provide for them. The aware individual is completely alone in the world because all that used to be comforting and familiar now eludes him. Although nature was once a source of enjoyment, it now emphasizes his vulnerability by rejecting his search for meaning through its indifference. "At the heart of ... of taking sides with the injustices of the world and the abandoning th...
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