Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his l…

Albert Camus
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Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.28, Vintage
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Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason. The absurd is born of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays, p.28, Vintage

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