PHILOSOPHY: ANCIENT & MODERN

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  Albert Camus on the Meaning of Life: Faith, Suicide, and Absurdity

  thecollector.com - Viktoriya Sus

  Camus was seriously ill with tuberculosis in childhood and the constant thought of the proximity of death influenced Camus’ life and pushed him …

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  How Camus Overcame Crippling Anxiety and Wrote One of His Greatest Novels

  thecollector.com - Simon Lea

  Albert Camus was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seventeen. In 1930, this was effectively a death sentence. Lying in a hospital bed and …

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  Can the Image Think for Itself? Intro to Deleuze’s Film Thought

  thecollector.com - Calum Jenkins

  Rather than attempting to take films as material that can have unintended philosophical resonances, Gilles Deleuze spent the later years of his …

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  How Deleuze “Folded Leibniz in Half”

  thecollector.com - Giorgi Vachnadze

  One could say Deleuze decided to “fold Leibniz in half.” But as he folded him once, he had to fold him again, over and over again, until each fold …

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  What Stoicism and Skepticism Teach Us Today with Massimo Pigliucci (PODCAST)

  thecollector.com - Emily Snow

  When people think of ancient philosophy, they often think of Stoicism: a philosophy of resilience, self-command, and living well. But another ancient …

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  Philosophical Perspectives on Calling Out vs. Canceling

  thecollector.com - Viktoriya Sus

  In an age of viral outrage, the public shaming and “canceling” of individuals has emerged as a major talking point. Easy to understand why when …

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  Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus: Key Similarities and Differences

  thecollector.com - Marnie Binder

  Life in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century was unstable. With wars, economic crises, and a pandemic, it was hard not to feel that …