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My POV on Albert Camus' Philosophy of the Absurd.
absurdism, the only philosophy of the funnies.
ever wondered what the fuck is life? yeah that's existential crisis, that's related to existentialism btw.
absurdism is a whole different topic, it just has some similarities with nihilism and existentialism.
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absurdism states that humans try to search the meaning of life, through any means, but they fail all the time and why so?
not because we are just some useless homo sapiens but because 'life is meaningless'.
and even after knowing this, humans don't stop they still try to get life's meaning inside their head.
and that's absurd.
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But either way I am a fan of Albert Camus and that guy also stated how to live through this absurdity.
He stated that life has no inherent meaning.
And there are ways to make meaning of it: some make that with religion, some with money, some with drugs? and what not.
BUT the only way to achieve true and lasting peace, or you could say meaning, is by looking straight at the absurdity of life. Facing it. Roasting it with your acts, laughing at it.
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Only when we accept the absurdity, that we humans try to seek a meaning in a meaningless place, and face it, is when we can actually be happy.
And I'll conclude this article by saying that I'm no expert in absurdism or in philosophy, and I maybe a little bit wrong here and there and that's why double check whatever you read this here.
hope it makes sense.
And here's a blog related to Absurdism to get started:
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