Quote of Albert Camus - The absurd is the essential concept...
Biography - Albert Camus:
French philosopher, author, and journalist. Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Born: 1913 - Died: 1960
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Algeria
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
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Quotes for: concept
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
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