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Camus

Knowing is Resisting (The Plague – Albert Camus)

While reading The Plague by Albert Camus, I came across this passage that made me think about our theme Seeing and Knowing. The Plague is a book written in 1947 about the contamination of the city Algier in Algeria. The more spread and possible interpretation of Camus’ text (considering the time it has been written) […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Camus

“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

Hmmm, Sisyphus. The only Camus I’d read before now was ‘The Guest’ (in grade 10, so it was somewhat lost on me). Having said that, I actually really enjoyed the story of Sisyphus, and it poses some interesting questions about leading a life of eternal aggravation. When Camus says that Sisyphus is ‘conscious’, I assume […] Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb5-2013 | Tagged with Camus

Camus, repetition, and the pains, graces, and distractions of consciousness

Here is Albert Camus on Sisyphus in 1942: “the gods. . . thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” This, as Jill Fellows pointed out in her discussion of Camus is … Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb5-2013 | Tagged with Camus, consciousness, ideology, reading, repetition, tragedy

Repetition and Sisyphus

“The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than … Continue reading →Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb3-2013 | Tagged with Camus, literature, philosophy, Philosophy and Literature, Sisyphus

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