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Read the excerpt from "The Myth of Sisyphus" below and answer the question. Everything begins with consciousness and nothing is worth anything except through it. The idea that Camus states in the above excerpt is related to the existentialist theme of _____.

-freedom

-the crowd

-alienation from the world

-philosophy as a way of life

=== "The Myth of Sisyphus"===

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Philosophy is a way of life
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This is one of the main axes of existentialist philosophy. Camus puts emphasis on how nothing intrinsically matters. We are the only ones that can give meaning to the world and thus the world is just a tool for us and our consciousness, we are completely alienated from it on a basic level. The concepts of freedom and the crowd are not mentioned and the concept of philosophy as a way of life is too vague to capture this. The correct answer is c.
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