Camus
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- proper noun
- /kæˈmu/
- Literature
- Well, in turn, I'd have to say my biggest influence is... Albert Camus.
- Albert Camus
- Camus's novel The Stranger
- Camus and Sartre
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- It's actually at the heart of Camus's entire project.
- Why is Sisyphus an absurd hero, as Camus is going to tell us?
- And yet Camus says it's a dumb show.
- While this is going on, Camus is in, in Paris.
- It was I decided to reread Camus the Plague.
Examples
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Some of you may have read Albert Camus, the French novelist The Stranger.
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Elie Wiesel, commenting on Camus, says, "When there are no reasons to hope, we must invent them."
Academic text (1995) -
You know, I think it was Camus who said, "Truth is secondary to existence."
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During World War II, Camus recognized that it was necessary to fight against the Nazi evil.
Academic text (2002) -
Do you believe, with Albert Camus, that there is more to admire in human beings than to despise?
Academic text (1993) -
Every time I reread Camus or Sartre, I kept thinking to myself: Why does the existential dilemma have to be so damned bleak?
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Camus posits that the ontological emptiness of the universe chafes against the intrinsically human desire for metaphysical meaning.
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The theme of absurdity in life is prominent in Albert Camus's works, especially in The Stranger.
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In his essay, Camus explores the conflict between human existence and the universe's indifference.
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Many students study Camus to understand the philosophical underpinnings of existentialism.
Synonyms
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A French writer and thinker who wrote The Stranger and explored life's lack of meaning
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Camus comes from an old French word camus meaning 'flat' or 'snub-nosed', and it began as a simple nickname for someone with that kind of nose. So when we talk about the French author Albert Camus, we are using a family name that started long ago as a description of a person's face.