
Albert Camus – The Rebel – Part 3
Revolution and Ideology
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The French Revolution and the Execution of the King
How can the revolution, which seeks dom and it does right, how can it then end op executing so many people? He says because it's a revolution isor it's a religion, just like a it sought to overthrow. So any ideology, iis a contrary to human psychology. Amania, ety aote that answers alittle later, eigten, et cetera. His next section is the execution of the king. And in this section he describes why, once the social contract theory is established as a new dogma, you know, the king must die,. The existence of any across the globe threatens the legitimacy of their new republic.
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