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166: Albert Camus - How To Live In The Present (Philosophy of Absurdism)
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- Philosophies for Life
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- Apr 22, 2026
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- 1422
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In this podcast we will be talking about how to live in the present from the philosophy of Albert Camus. Albert Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism". Here are 7 ways you can make most of your present from the philosophy of Albert Camus- 01. Have a motivation for living 02. Be yourself at all times 03. Live intensively 04. Live like a rebel 05. Focus on practical things 06. Accept the unpredictability of life 07. Find happiness in every phase of your life I hope you enjoyed listening to these 7 ways you can make most of your present from the philosophy of Albert Camus and find them helpful in your life. Albert Camus is one of the greatest French writers and thinkers. He was a philosopher, an author and a journalist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and his most famous works are The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus is one of the most representative figures of the philosophy of the “absurd” or “absurdism,” which is a philosophical movement having as its central hypothesis that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe. Camus considered that absolute freedom must be balanced with absolute justice - too much freedom leads to the situation when the strong suppresses the weak but too much justice kills freedom, and we need to live and let live. As a promoter of the philosophy of the “absurd”, Camus believed that life has no meaning, that the universe simply exists and that it is indifferent to people’s lives. We are like Sisyphus from Greek mythology, forever carrying that heavy rock to the top of the hill, although we know the rock will always fall down and our life's work is meaningless. Our condition might be tragic, but Camus considered that this e…