The Mediterranean Sun - On Camus Balanced Thinking

As a representative author of existentialism, the idea of Absurdity that Camus raised has influenced the development of the world philosophy and literature. The idea of Absurdity is considered the core of the Camus Thought. However, the strong Humanitarian Feelings in the Camus Thought reflected that the end result of Camus Thought is his Equilibrium Thought. Camus thought that when facing the absurd world, we should resist in a proper manner instead of escaping the world by suicide or getting drunk with spiritual opium. The resistance comes from the protect for some valuable things, aims for the same value standard of the human beings, and works for the good of the entire world. It reflected the development and resistance of collectivity. The resistance is different from revolution. It is affirmation of the value of life, to affirm the right to say "no" within some limit. The resistance should not even be violence to idea or slavery to spirit.It is not Camus' final object to resist the absurd world. His philosophy thought finally comes to an Humanitarian Equilibrium, which originated from the traditional thought of "moderation, golden mean, equilibrium "in the ancient Greek Philosophy that pursues the harmony of the society and the equilibrium of the human heart. The rational tool he used against the absurd world is harmonious "resistance"----saying both "yes" and "no" to the world. What the resistance need is the internal harmony and equilibrium, the justice to forget every day no more in the name of the airy fairy power in the future, the shining cities and the windy promised land.We call what the Camus Thought finally reflected the "new Humanitarian". First, Camus' philosophy adopted an optical angle of phenomenology to research Humanitarian. Although we could only see his philosophy from his literature words, it is the very reason that it is called the new Humanitarian. And secondly, Camus' new Humanitarian reflected more in his literature works. He exposed the essence of human with the figures of Sisyphus and Prometheus. The equilibrium in absurdity, resistance and the golden mean declares that the resistance of human being is actually the resort to justice. And thirdly, the equilibrium shows the humanitarian spirit of the love, respect to life, true living, and the return to true love. It is full of the love to his own life and the maintenance of dignity, as well as the respect and love to others' lives. It is the home of Camus Thought.