Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) was a French author, philosopher, and journalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. His most famous works were the novels La Peste (The Plague) and L’Étranger (The Stranger) and the philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus. He died in a car accident in France. Continue reading Summary of Albert Camus’ “The Myth of Sisyphus”
(Yesterday’s post summarized Schopenhauer’s “On The Vanity of Existence”)
In focusing upon the movement of time Schopenhauer has zeroed in on a fundamental fact of life which may render it meaningless Continue reading Commentary on Schopenhauer’s “On the Vanity of Existence”
In “On the Vanity of Existence,” Schopenhauer argues that life’s futility Continue reading Summary of Arthur Schopenhauer’s, “On the Vanity of Existence””
I think Schopenhauer’s philosophical insights are generally underrated by philosophers Continue reading Commentary on Schopenhauer’s “On the Sufferings of the World”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860) was a German philosopher known for his atheism and pessimism—in fact, he is the most prominent pessimist in the entire western philosophical tradition Continue reading Summary of Arthur Schopenhauer’s, “On the Sufferings of the World”
