Why is this one of your favorites, /lit/?

I don't understand the point of it. Why did he shoot that arab multiple times? Blaming it on the sun isn't a valid reason. Was he a psychopath?

>>8037429
it isn't

>>8037926
Try reading Camus' essay The Myth of Sisyphus and then you will understand maybe.

He wasn't a psychopath, he just understood the meaninglessness of everything.

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>>8037926
The point is that everything is meaningless

>>8037934
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>>8037961
>The point is that everything is meaningless
/lit/'s definition of "deep"

Probably the worst Camus book. Certainly the most accessible, and thus the one everyone praise because
>muh absurd
The easiest way to convince yourself you are reading a "philosophical" book and feel better about yourself.

Plebs.

>>8037980
>most accessible = least value

So hip.

>>8037429
It was the first book I read by Camus so yeah, it'll always hold a special place in my heart.

Btw, what are some good lesser known works about absurdism? I

It's a short and relatively straightforward summary of babby's first existential school of thought. No wonder if captivates the loud and boisterous nu-readers this board is full of.

>>8037980
>implying /lit/ is the reason Camus is considered among the great modern philosophers

>>8038419
>underestimating 4chan's incredible influence on mainstream discourse

Newfag redditor detected.