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An Analysis On Camus' Philosophy Of Life

Posted on:2008-08-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360218457870Subject:Foreign philosophy
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In Camus'opinion, the true serious philosophy question is "the suicide question", also the question of life whether being significant. In Camus'Philosophy of Life,"absurd"and"revolt"is a pair of central concepts,"absurd"is the start of his Philosophy of Life, which sums up his sober consciousness of man's helplessness in front of the world and existence, and it also deconstructs the confidence in man's power since Renaissance; The"revolt"is the core of his Philosophy of Life, it makes clearly the positive attitude that man should have when facing such an existence. He advocated facing up to absurd, defends person's dignity and the value through the positive revolt, Entrusting the world and life with significance, filling life with deep love and enthusiasm, to realize transcend above the absurd world in the intense tragedy situation.Chapter One: The introduction to Albert Camus. Camus'life and major works are first introduced, then the time background and the theoretical sources of Camus'ideology. The western religion thought and the non- rationalism affect Camus'thought.Chapter Two elaborated about the absurd thought. This includes the origin of"absurd", the concept of"absurd", the attitude of"absurd"and the"absurd"person.Third Chapter is the most important chapter of this article, mainly analyzes that how people to treat his absurd destiny in Camus'theory. Camus thought that the absurd world lies in real world itself which is unreasonable and illogical. The living people should face"absurd", struggle with"absurd", and entrusts the life with significance in the revolution. His theory of"revolt"changes from individual's solitary revolt to collective's action revolt and finally to appropriate revolt.Fourth Chapter mainly comments on Camus'Philosophy of Life. This part briefly summarizes Camus'philosophy of life, presents the contribution of his theory, points out the theory's insufficiencies, and posits that the function of Camus'ideology as the reference and guidance to our social reality.
Keywords/Search Tags:Camus, absurd, revolt, the philosophy of life
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