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Single Idea 9249
[filed under theme 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will
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Full Idea
Knowing whether or not a man is free doesn't interest me. I can only experience my own freedom.
Gist of Idea
Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom
Source
Albert Camus (The Myth of Sisyphus [1942], 'Abs free')
Book Ref
Camus,Albert: 'The Myth of Sisyphus', ed/tr. O'Brien,Justin [Penguin 1975], p.55
A Reaction
Camus has the right idea. Personally I think you could drop the word 'freedom', and just say that I am confronted by the need to make decisions.
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14 ideas
from 'The Myth of Sisyphus'
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9244
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Logic is easy, but what about logic to the point of death?
[Camus]
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9243
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If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct
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9242
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Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life
[Camus]
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9248
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It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will
[Camus]
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9249
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Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom
[Camus]
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9247
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Life will be lived better if it has no meaning
[Camus]
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9250
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Discussing ethics is pointless; moral people behave badly, and integrity doesn't need rules
[Camus]
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9251
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One can be virtuous through a whim
[Camus]
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9253
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The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it
[Camus]
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9252
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The more one loves the stronger the absurd grows
[Camus]
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6707
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Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem
[Camus]
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6708
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Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other
[Camus]
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9245
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To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason
[Camus]
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9246
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Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap
[Camus]
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