24 ideas
9247 | Life will be lived better if it has no meaning [Camus] |
6707 | Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem [Camus] |
9245 | To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason [Camus] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
9244 | Logic is easy, but what about logic to the point of death? [Camus] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
9249 | Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom [Camus] |
9253 | The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it [Camus] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
9250 | Discussing ethics is pointless; moral people behave badly, and integrity doesn't need rules [Camus] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
9252 | The more one loves the stronger the absurd grows [Camus] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
9251 | One can be virtuous through a whim [Camus] |
9243 | If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct [Camus] |
6708 | Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other [Camus] |
9242 | Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life [Camus] |
9246 | Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap [Camus] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
21240 | The truth about events always comes from the oppressed and disadvantaged [Sartre, by Bakewell] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
9248 | It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will [Camus] |