About the book
The question of whether to go on living in an absurd universe without order or meaning opens Albert Camus's essays on existentialist thought, which begin with a meditation on suicide. With Don Juan and Kafka's novels among his influences, Camus argues for a way out of despair that affirms personal existence and the possibility of a dignified, authentic life.
David Heinemeier Hansson found Camus's treatment of absurdity and suicide surprisingly readable for a mid-20th-century philosopher without losing depth, and saw it as continuing the themes of The Stranger.
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David Heinemeier Hansson (Co-Founder/Basecamp)
Camus’ philosophical exposition of absurdity, suicide in the face of meaninglessness, and other cherry topics that continue on from his fictional work in novels like The Stranger. It’s surprisingly readable, unlike many other mid 20th century philosophers, yet no less deep or pointy. It’s a great follow-up, as an original text, to that book The Age of Absurdity, I recommended last year. Still working through it.
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