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Something about Camus' succinct but elegant way of writing that is very attractive to me. That man was just too cool.
> I notice that I haven’t noticed the skyscrapers, that they’ve seemed only natural. It’s a question of overall scale. And in any case, you can’t always walk around with your head turned up. A person can keep only so many floors in sight at once. Just realised that this is happening in the centre of the city I live in. Quite a few 45 and 50 story towers going up, but from street level it is just buildings like the 10…
Ironically, decreasing setbacks lets you build taller without making cities feel overwhelming.
I recently read The Plague by Camus about an epidemic happening in colonial Oran, Algeria. I sometimes smiled at how underwhelming it was in comparison to what the COVID pandemic revealed about society and human nature in times of total catastrophe.
"A stroll to Staten Island" Pardon me? Like, through New Jersey? Hell of a stroll!
Obvious mistranslation. I am guessing the intended meaning of the French original was something like "excursion" or "cruise".
Something about Camus' succinct but elegant way of writing that is very attractive to me. That man was just too cool.
One of my favorite wikipedia articles of all time. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconic_phrase
> When he was consulted on how Spartans might best forestall invasion of their homeland, Lycurgus advised, "By remaining poor, and each man not desiring to possess more than his fellow."
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There's no bridge to this day. There's the start of a tunnel on both ends, but not very far along. He likely took a ferry.
what about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge
Happy guy for an existentialist of that period; most were dour and fatalist. I like him!
He always rebuked the "existentialist" moniker for that reason. Most would call him an absurdist for his insistence towards finding happiness amidst the absurd indifference of life towards ones aspirations.
Camus was a moralist; he claimed morality should guide politics. While he did not deny that morals change over time, he rejected the classical Marxist view that historical material relations define morality.[1]
Something about Camus' succinct but elegant way of writing that is very attractive to me. That man was just too cool.
Sure, you... and the 1957 Nobel Committee.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
He always rebuked the "existentialist" moniker for that reason. Most would call him an absurdist for his insistence towards finding happiness amidst the absurd indifference of life towards ones aspirations.
Camus referred to himself as a moralist. Camus was a moralist; he claimed morality should guide politics. While he did not deny that morals change over time, he rejected the classical Marxist view that historical material relations define morality.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Political_stance
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Camus referred to himself as a moralist. Camus was a moralist; he claimed morality should guide politics. While he did not deny that morals change over time, he rejected the classical Marxist view that historical material relations define morality.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus#Political_stance
Moralism is a political viewpoint not unlike pragmatism. It doesn't necessarily qualify as a philosophical viewpoint though, as what morals one believes should be informing politics would be dictated by their philosophies.
Sure it does, and more than once.[1]