THE VIDEO SHELF · albert camus absurdism
PHILOSOPHY - Albert Camus
A School of Life animated overview of Albert Camus, covering his existentialism and absurdism and his answer to the question of meaninglessness.
Why HN readers recommended it
Offered as an accessible introduction to Camus and absurdism.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The School of Life
- Topic
- albert camus absurdism
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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“The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus, if you find yourself worrying about existential nihilism then this is the book for you. I found it extremely useful after an intense psychedelic experience. The School of Life has a good overview of his brand of existentialism …
BreakfastB0b on Hacker News · 2018-05
In Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?Absolutely. Thanks for this. It's telling to me how dismissive/judgemental are about nihilism, and that's been a good signal for me in other areas that it's getting a lot closer to a basic truth and people are threatened with it and want to push it …
cupcake-unicorn on Hacker News · 2021-11
In In Praise of Idleness (1932)
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