Camus Interpretation

Camus begins with debating whether life is worth living or not. He determines that that exact question is the fundamental question in philosophy. He goes on to question what is worth dying for, and brings up the example of Galileo and how he did not die for the ontological argument. Camus claims that he did the right thing in that, that particular truth did not merit the sacrifice. Yet he claims to have seen many …

…statement, and I think it says it well. "Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death- and I refuse suicide. I know, to be sure, the dull resonance that vibrates throughout these days. Yet I have but a word to say: that it is necessary." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**