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Camus has a soft spot for Oran, a city which, according to Camus, can only offer boredom and stone. He is fan of the city, however, and all it brings, including sports and idiosyncratic people cosplaying Hollywood stars in their clothing choices. 'The Minotaur or The Stop in Oran' is an essay highlighting the qualities of the city in a paradoxical manner, naming negative aspects and putting those on a pedestal. Cute.
— Jul 23, 2026 03:44AM
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Rodney
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“[A]ny authentic creation is a gift to the future” and isn’t Camus right about that. Speak up for those who cannot.
— 9 hours, 54 min ago
Rodney
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Camus tries to recapture his youth - understanding jt is folly - on his ‘Return to Tipasa’. He succeeds, but that is also fleeting. It is an incredibly recognisable feeling.
— 10 hours, 19 min ago
Rodney
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“Helen’s Exile” concerns the Greeks and what they have championed compared to modernity. Camus says we have lost nature and, in turn, beauty.
— 17 hours, 58 min ago
Rodney
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‘Summer in Algiers’ is a beautiful explanation of where Camus’ ideas come from. Written in 1936, some 19 years before ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, Camus explains how the Algerian people have no legacy or mythology to think about, so all they have are sweet summers and the joys they bring. It’s a great letter which shows Camus’ influences and, ironically, heritage.
— Jul 20, 2026 01:53PM
Rodney
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Finally, Camus discusses Kafka. Here he mostly writes about how paradoxical art is. Horror hits harder when it seems mundane; when it is overdone, it doesn’t work. Is that why Hereditary is so incredibly scary? In the absurd, what is not said highlights what is said.
I, again, understand the main points of Camus, but not his nuances. My takeaway is the following: focus on the small things, enjoy them fully.
— Jul 20, 2026 09:52AM
I, again, understand the main points of Camus, but not his nuances. My takeaway is the following: focus on the small things, enjoy them fully.
Rodney
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Sisyphus is a great example of what Camus writes about and makes his idea imminently clear: a mundane task that allows one to feel anguish, also allows one to feel happiness. If there is no end, the little things matter. The clay on the hands, the cheek against the stone. I feel the same reading Camus: one must imagine Rodney happy.
— Jul 20, 2026 08:41AM
Rodney
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Ah. Camus writes that the only good creation, is creation for creation’s sake: not for posterity, or fame. But creating a work to create a work. Not sure how that relates to Dostoevsky who, according to Camus, gives answers, but I understand his main point. I think. Hmm.
— Jul 20, 2026 08:01AM
Rodney
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Ah. Camus writes that the only good creation, is creation for creation’s sake: not for posterity, or fame. But creating a work to create a work. Not sure how that relates to Dostoevsky who, according to Camus, gives answers, but I understand his main point. I think. Hmm.
— Jul 20, 2026 07:39AM
Rodney
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Dostoevsky’s chapter does not make sense to me. To become God, one must be free. Kirilov commits suicide, though he is free. This is paradoxical, but shows others the path to enlightenment. And then the next chapter Camus says Moby Dick is an absurd work, and doesn’t explain. No idea what Camus means here, except that most works are not absurd inherently, as they give answers.
— Jul 20, 2026 07:29AM
Rodney
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Camus has lost me. He writes about the author as dealing with the absurd in what he writes, but seems to negate himself after every sentence. I truly do not understand what Camus means: he wonders if an author could write a truly absurd work and seems to answer it, but I do not understand him. He uses Dostoevsky as example next, so I hope that elucidates things.
— Jul 19, 2026 10:01AM