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Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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What Is the Meaning of Life?

The notion of a conscience and striving to reflect on our own conscience, that that's right? I don't, i think that's kind of later historically. Our sense of what we think of as conscious self actually comes out of religion because it's a way to there's a responsible guilty party there. Andso that's really where i see now whatever the psychological and social reasons why that became a prominent part of our culture.I still this just the idea of asking what the meaning of life is in the first place doesn't even make sense, i think, apart from that kind of background framework.

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