The Fall

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I just finished reading The Fall by Albert Camus in my philosophy class, and I must say I was quite surprised by it. I started reading it thinking it was going to be a complete bore, but I thought it was quite good. I thought his ideas of innocence and justice fits to a lot of people. We all seem quite able to judge others, but not want to be judged ourselves. What are your opinions of his ideas? And are any of his other books worth reading? I hear The Stranger is quite good also…

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Hello 71CRM,

You might like his, The Myth of Sisyphus:

“There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest – whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories – comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer.”

And don’t forget about The Plague:

“Father Paneloux: Perhaps we should love what we cannot understand.’ Riex answers: ‘No father. I have a very different idea of love. And until my dying day I shall refuse to love a scheme of things in which children are put to torture.’”

Regards,
Michael

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I found The Stranger nearly intoxicating and impossible to put down. When I read it, I started at bedtime and got very little sleep that night. Such a gripping and sublime combination of literature and philosophy is a rarity.

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Thanks for the suggestions, I definitley would like to read more of his work, now the hard part is choosing which one to go with next.
Thanks