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The absurd is paradoxical in the sense that it cannot be grasped by reason. [7] [8] [9] But in the context of absurdism, the term is usually used in a more specific sense. According to most definitions, it involves a conflict, discrepancy, or collision between two things. Opinions differ on what these two things are.
Theatre of the Absurd, dramatic work of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early ’60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camus’s assessment, in his essay ‘The Myth of Sisyphus,’ that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.
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Die Philosophie des Absurden, selten auch Absurdismus genannt, ist eine Richtung der Existenzphilosophie, die von der These ausgeht, dass das menschliche Leben absurd sei. Der Begriff Philosophie des Absurden bezieht sich im engeren Sinne auf die Philosophie von Albert Camus.
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It departsfrom them only in contrasting the pretensions of lifewith a largercontext in which no standards can be discovered, rather than with a contextfrom which alternative, overriding standards may be applied. v. In thisrespect, as in others,philosophical perception of the absurd resembles epistemological skepticism.
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This chapter introduces the concept of the absurd, which is frequently used in literature and is defined as something applied to the modern sense of human purposelessness in a universe with no meaning or value. It studies the connections the absurd has to nihilism, existentialism and ontology, and then takes a look at ‘negative theology ...
Aspects of the Absurd. The absurd, for Camus, is a complex notion of man's relationship to the world. It is also, as used in The Myth of Sisyphus, an am- biguous term. By absurd Camus means primarily the whole scandal- ous paradox of the human condition. But he uses the term also to designate certain feelings connected with perception of the ...
