Live with freedom and passion and rise up against fate.

Terrill 2022-04-19 09:03:11

For the absurd, Camus put forward two basic rules of conduct: 1. Keep a clear understanding of the absurd, do not evade, do not evade, do not cover up, and do not beautify. If we do not escape the absurd, we must first face the existence of the absurd. The alienation of man and the world has created absurdity. This is the fate that every modern person must face up to. Letting the absurdity and survival coexist is a responsibility that every warrior is willing to undertake. Therefore, when we accept the absurdity and coexist with the absurdity, It means the beginning of resistance. 2. Never give up life because of absurd existence, but go upstream with a rebellious attitude. To accept the absurd is to accept human dignity. When facing the absurd, one of the only consistent philosophical stances is resistance, that is, people always face themselves, face their dazedness about the unknown, and their perplexity about eternity, and try to fight against them. This kind of resistance. It will give new value to life, and in the process of creating value in life, unparalleled human self-esteem will begin to show. The body corresponds to the present, today, and we cannot push everything to tomorrow. Only by focusing on the present and nurturing happiness in every moment can we generate the passion to explore everything. How can we defeat the absurd? The first is to be a Don Juanist, to love as much as possible, to fight the absurd in unreserved love. The second approach is to learn from the actors, experience life and life as much as possible, and fight the absurd in a variety of life experiences. The third way is to be an activist, to be serious in life, and to fight the absurd through your own actions every moment. The fourth approach is to become a creator, to truly record one's own existence, and to treat the absurd in creation. These four life attitudes all emphasize that in the process of death, people pay respect to their own dignity with a serious attitude to life, which is a supreme heroic act.

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  • Bebra: You must join us, you must!

    Oskar Matzerath: You know, Mr. Bebra... to tell the truth, I prefer to be a member of the audience, and let my little art flower in secret.

    Bebra: My dear Oskar, trust an experienced colleague. Our kind must never sit in the audience. Our kind must perform and run the show, or the others will run *us*. The others are coming. They will occupy the fairgrounds, they will stage torchlight parades, build rostrums, fill the rostrums, and from those rostrums preach our destruction.

  • Oskar Matzerath: There once was a drummer. His name was Oskar. He lost his poor mama, who had eat to much fish. There was once a credulous people... who believed in Santa Claus. But Santa Claus was really... the gas man! There was once a toy merchant. His name was Sigismund Markus... and he sold tin drums lacquered red and white. There was once a drummer. His name was Oskar. There was once a toy merchant... whose name was Markus... and he took all the toys in the world away with him.