The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.

Le sens de la vie est la plus pressante des questions.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Meaning of life The big questions

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Myth of Sisyphus

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

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Another quote by Albert Camus

Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die.

Albert Camus

The Sea Close By

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Acceptance of death Death The human condition

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Albert Camus
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The Sea Close By
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
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Camus, Albert. "The Sea Close By." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage Books, 1970. Originally published in L'Eté [Summer]. Gallimard, 1954.

Another quote from the 1940s

WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Propaganda Dystopian future

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George Orwell
Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Medium
Novel
Genre
Dystopian fiction
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote from 1942

This war did not bear the characteristics of the previous conflicts among the European nations to which we were accustomed. To an ever increasing degree it began to be generally realized that the reasons for this conflict were no longer to be sought in the usual interests even if plausible of the various nations, but that in reality it was one of those elementary struggles which shaking the foundations of the world but once in a thousand years, introduce a new millennium.

Adolf Hitler

Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942

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World War II
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Adolf Hitler
Source
Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Hitler, Adolf. Speech to the Reichstag. 26 Apr. 1942, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany.

Another quote originally in French

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion
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Fox

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
The Little Prince
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 21.