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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Bertrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy /

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus /

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Voltaire - Questions sur les Miracles /

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

Baruch Spinoza /

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan /

Whoever wants to deceive people must first of all make absurdity plausible.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Maxims and Reflections /

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The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world.

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus /

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Baruch Spinoza /

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Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful.

Man is absurd by what he seeks, great by what he finds.

It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell /

It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.

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