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Why is our life absurd, according to Albert Camus? (In other words: explain both what it means and why Camus believes it applies to our life.)
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Why is our life absurd, according to Albert Camus? (In other words: explain both what it means and why Camus believes it applies to our life.)

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In it, Camus considers absurdity as a confrontation, an opposition, a conflict or a "divorce" between two ideals. Specifically, he defines the human condition as absurd, as the confrontation between man's desire for significance, meaning and clarity on the one hand – and the silent, cold universe on the other.

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