Plague is always with us, if what we mean is a susceptibility to sudden death and meaninglessness. Recognizing this absurdity should lead us not to despair but to a softening of the heart, a turning away from judgment and moralizing to joy and gratitude. https://t.co/xbGaNocswy— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) March 23, 2020
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Monday, March 23, 2020
What would Camus say?
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You have piqued my interest in Albert Camus... It seems to me he had it exactly correct. The best we can do is our job, and nothing more. Resistance is futile, if you will. I particularly appreciate that he doesn’t subscribe to morbid false narratives to give some greater meaning to the plague, but rather trusts in decency. He comes off as a humanist to me. #11
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