
Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Absurdity and Suicide - A Very Difficult Reading
"i'm pretty sure i'd read the myth of sisyphus and maybe some other stuff by camer but i'd never fully read absurdity an suicide. And i was anticipating something quite different than what i got." "I did not enjoy the reading nearly as much as i thought i was going to, because it seemed like i really had to wade through a lot of averbiage to just get some basic principles about what he was trying to get to," says Ali. 'It's someone who hates verbage, and the french in particular, not the french, but french intellectually, i still love this reading'
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