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... absurdity ' . It is from an inability to conceive of life as anything but an illusion and an absurdity that the Theatre of the Absurd originates . Its advocates argue , much as the existentialists do , that since there is no ...
... absurdity ' . It is from an inability to conceive of life as anything but an illusion and an absurdity that the Theatre of the Absurd originates . Its advocates argue , much as the existentialists do , that since there is no ...
Page 119
... Absurd ' ( the fifth , death , is really an elaboration of the second ) , Camus does admit that in judging the world ' absurd ' he has been too hasty : ' The absurd is not in man ... nor in the world , but in their presence together ...
... Absurd ' ( the fifth , death , is really an elaboration of the second ) , Camus does admit that in judging the world ' absurd ' he has been too hasty : ' The absurd is not in man ... nor in the world , but in their presence together ...
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... Absurd ' a positive springboard to action : ' Is one ... going to take up the heartrending and marvellous wager of the absurd ? Let's make a final effort in this regard and draw all our conclusions . The body , affection , creation ...
... Absurd ' a positive springboard to action : ' Is one ... going to take up the heartrending and marvellous wager of the absurd ? Let's make a final effort in this regard and draw all our conclusions . The body , affection , creation ...
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