Albert Camus

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wrong.� He maintained that suicide cannot be
regarded as an adequate response to the �experience of absurdity.� He says that
suicide is an admission of incapacity, and such an admission is inconsistent
with that human pride to which Camus openly appeals. Camus states, �there is
nothing equal to the spectacle of human pride.�
Furthermore, Camus also dealt with the topic of revolution in his essay
The Rebel. Camus rejected what he calls �metaphysical revolt,� which he sees as
a �radical refusal of the human condition as such,� resulting either in suicide
or in a �demonic attempt to remake the world in the image of man.�
Although often considered an existentialist, Camus had his own way of
thinking and often disagreed with many existentialist thinkers. Camus was a
brilliant writer as well as a philosopher and although complicated his views
will always be inspiration for further ...

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