An office worker wakes up to an alarm at six in the morning, sits in two hours of traffic, and spends eight hours entering ...

Albert Camus described the Absurd as the clash between humankind’s longing for meaning and the world’s refusal to give it. We search for reason, order and justice, but the universe responds with ...

Albert Camus, who would be 100 years old Thursday, is ageless. The French Algerian’s life and work reflect the long tragedy of the 20th century, marked by disquiet, genocide and violence, but his ...

Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a renowned French-Algerian philosopher, writer, and journalist whose work continues to inspire readers and thinkers around the world. Known for his clear, precise writing ...

When the novel coronavirus claimed the world’s attention in 2020, so too did a novel by Albert Camus. With the quickening of the pandemic, “The Plague” became an item almost as essential as toilet ...

A man who shares his surname with the philosopher who taught the world to accept meaninglessness had, without intending to, captured the Absurd in motion. The coincidence is almost too poetic: a Camus ...