What Albert Camus thinks about agency

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French writer and philosopher (1913 to 1960), born in Algeria, author of The Stranger, The Plague and The Myth of Sisyphus, and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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1. c. 1942

   Our readingRevolt is one of the only coherent philosophical positions

   Their wordsOne of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt.

   ↗The Myth of Sisyphus (Penguin, 2013 edition; tr. Justin O'Brien)books.google.com All 19 from this book

3. c. 1942

   Our readingSuicide does not follow from revolt; it is not revolt's logical outcome

   Their wordsIt may be thought that suicide follows revolt – but wrongly. For it does not represent the logical outcome of revolt.

   ↗The Myth of Sisyphus (Penguin, 2013 edition; tr. Justin O'Brien)books.google.com All 19 from this book