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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

6707	Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem [Camus]
	Full Idea: There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judgine whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.
	From: Albert Camus (The Myth of Sisyphus [1942], p.11)
	A reaction: What a wonderful thesis for a book. In Idea 2682 there is the possibility of life being worth living, but not worth a huge amount of effort. It is better to call Camus' question the first question, rather than the only question.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9245	To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason [Camus]
	Full Idea: To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason.
	From: Albert Camus (The Myth of Sisyphus [1942], 'Phil Suic')
	A reaction: But there is, surely, intuition and instinct? Read Keats's Letters. There is good living through upbringing and habit. Read Aristotle. If you like Camus' thought, you will love Chuang Tzu. Personally I am a child of the Enlightenment.