#140 - Albert Camus: Robert C. Solomon on the Absurd Hero, The Stranger, The Plague, Existentialism in Literature, and the Benign Indifference of the Universe
Come join my Patreon! https://patreon.com/HemlockPatreon “And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour when one is weary of prisons, of one's work, and of devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.” -Albert Camus, The Plague, 1947 (00:00:00) - Intro & Host Promo (00:00:40) - The Stranger, Part 1 (00:30:36) - The Stranger, Part 2 (01:00:33) - The Myth of Sisyphus (01:29:22) - The Plague & The Fall (01:58:45) - The Fall, Part 2 -//- Robert C. Solomon (1942-2007)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Solomon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-engels/support