Saturday, November 19, 2011

What was the conflict between Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre?

I know that it had something to do with Existentialism, but I need a little more information.|||Well, they were both journalists. Sartre gave a critical review of one of Camus' pieces, and that was how it began... their friendship breakup happened mostly through the newspapers. Sartre was also radical and Camus was very anti-communist.





They also got into an argument over Camus' belief in absurdism. Sartre believed human beings have complete control over their actions... Camus believed there was also the possibility for random acts of absurdity.|||They both rejected religion and determinism, but Camus was more of a fan of man (humanist, as they say), and not willing to sacrifice morality as a fundamental concept. Sartre was more focused on notions of choice and metaphysical being.

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